SA 3.2.4 lint output oddity

[Paul Kelly:: Blacknight]

ajos1 at onion wrote:
> I did "MailScanner --debug --debug-sa"  on another server... it has a small wait about 30 seconds... but it completes correctly...
> 
> There is an extra line before the wait... "[21232] dbg: bayes: untie-ing"
> 
> 
> ========
> ....
> [21232] dbg: rules: running meta tests; score so far=3.053
> [21232] dbg: rules: compiled meta tests
> [21232] dbg: check: is spam? score=3.053 required=5
> [21232] dbg: check: tests=MISSING_DATE,MISSING_HEADERS,MISSING_SUBJECT,NO_RECEIVED,NO_RELAYS
> [21232] dbg: check: subtests=__BOTNET_NOTRUST,__HAS_MSGID,__MISSING_REF,__MSGID_OK_DIGITS,__MSGID_OK_HOST,__MSOE_MID_WRONG_CASE,__NONEMPTY_BODY,__SANE_MSGID,__TVD_BODY,__UNUSABLE_MSGID
> [21232] dbg: bayes: untie-ing
> 
> 
> SMALL WAIT ...
> 
> 
> [22112] dbg: dns: name server: 87.117.198.200, LocalAddr: 0.0.0.0
> [22112] dbg: message: main message type: text/plain
> [22112] dbg: message: ---- MIME PARSER START ----
> [22112] dbg: message: parsing normal part
> ....
> ========


When you run MailScanner in debug mode, it waits for Mail to come into 
the inbound queue. It'll then process a batch of messages. When it's 
waiting on the long wait server, what does a "w" show you on an 
alternative console login?

Something siumilar to the following should appear.

root     pts/1    trinity.dahomela 23:57    8.00s  4.18s  4.17s 
MailScanner: waiting for messages

It waits for messages to come in, don't forget that it has to fight with 
the running MS aswell for messages, so for proper debugging do service 
MailScanner stop ; service MailScanner startin

and do the debug.

Paul

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