SA 3.2.4 lint output oddity

[Julian Field]

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I have added something similar to the debug output you wanted. It tells 
you when it is waiting for a batch, and how many messages there are in 
the batch once it's got it. It will be in the next release.

There is quite a delay before the "building a batch" message, as all the 
SpamAssassin initialisation is done just before that. So expect a few 
seconds between running "MailScanner --debug" and getting the "building 
a batch" message.

I'm thinking about writing support for a "--queue-only" command-line 
switch, which would have the same effect as "Delivery Method = queue" in 
MailScanner.conf. I thought some people might find that useful when 
diagnosing problems as otherwise the processed messages get delivered 
immediately so you don't get a chance to look at them first. It would 
only take effect when used with "--debug". It would save me editing the 
MailScanner.conf file before starting to diagnose any problems, and when 
developing new features.

Would other people find this switch useful too?

Jules.

ajos1 at onion wrote:
> -
>
> Paul you are a star!  Thanks so much... I was worrying that I had got something wrong.
>
> That all makes perfect sense and the "MailScanner Waiting For Messages" line does show up with a w.
>
> The reason why it was waiting and waiting... because I was using it on a test machine which was not getting messages to play with!
>
> It might be useful for the Debug output to have a one line message that says:
>
> *****************
> dbg : Waiting for an incoming message to scan...
> *****************
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul_blacknight
> Subj: Re: SA 3.2.4 lint output oddity
> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:59:00 +0000
>
> 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
>   

Jules

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