Queue problem

[Julian Field]

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Maxime Gaudreault wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> The hold queue is actually at 415 emails
>
> Load Average: 0.11 0.25 0.53
>
> htop show many of these process:
>
> MailScanner: checking with SpamAssassin
>
> MailScanner: checking with Spam Lists
>
> CPU is 3%
>
> Mem is 25%
>
I would start checking your DNS setup. How long does it take for various 
random "dig" commands to produce results? MailScanner should spend a 
very small %-age of its time saying "checking with Spam Lists". If you 
can see several of them in that state, then that's likely a DNS lookup 
problem.

> I don't understand
>
> *Maxime Gaudreault*
>
> Technicien
>
> _ _
>
> Référence Systèmes inc.
>
> Tél. : 418.650.0997
>
> Téléc. : 418.650.9668
>
> Courriel : _mgaudreault_ at reference.qc.ca 
> <mailto:mgaudreault at reference.qc.ca>
>
> Site Internet : http://www.reference.qc.ca/
>
> *From:* mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] *On Behalf Of 
> *Maxime Gaudreault
> *Sent:* February 29, 2008 10:54 AM
> *To:* MailScanner discussion
> *Subject:* Queue problem
>
> Hi
>
> I have a problem with my anti-spam gateway. The queue is fulling up 
> very quickly (1600+ mails in queue).
>
> The server's load average is <1 (0.60 – 0.80) so I suppose this is not 
> a ressource problem.
>
> Then I have to change the port forwarding directly to my Imail server 
> to let the anti-spam's queue going down.
>
> I used many tweak to maximize the efficacity of the anti-spam 
> (mailscanner work directory in ram, dns cache server, increasing 
> memory). I only got 1 CPU but I suppose this is not the problem 
> because when the queue is full, the load average is under 1.
>
> Any idea ?
>
> PS: Sorry for my bad english
>
> PPS: Sorry if you received my message twice
>
> *Maxime Gaudreault*
>
> Technicien
>
> _ _
>
> Référence Systèmes inc.
>
> Tél. : 418.650.0997
>
> Téléc. : 418.650.9668
>
> Courriel : _mgaudreault_ at reference.qc.ca 
> <mailto:mgaudreault at reference.qc.ca>
>
> Site Internet : http://www.reference.qc.ca/
>

Jules

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