inconsistent performance
Simon Jones
simonmjones at gmail.com
Mon Jul 7 18:13:12 IST 2008
here's my spam.lists.conf
# This file translates the names of the spam lists and spam domains lists
# into the real DNS domains to search.
# There is a far more comprehensive list of these at
# http://www.declude.com/JunkMail/Support/ip4r.htm
# and you can easily search them all at www.DNSstuff.com.
# If you want to search other DNSBL's you will need to define them here first,
# before referring to them by name in mailscanner.conf (or a rules file).
spamhaus.org sbl.spamhaus.org.
spamhaus-XBL xbl.spamhaus.org.
spamhaus-PBL pbl.spamhaus.org.
spamhaus-ZEN zen.spamhaus.org.
SBL+XBL sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org.
spamcop.net bl.spamcop.net.
NJABL dnsbl.njabl.org.
# ORDB has been shut down.
# ORDB-RBL relays.ordb.org.
#Infinite-Monkeys proxies.relays.monkeys.com.
#osirusoft.com relays.osirusoft.com.
# These two lists are now dead and must not be used.
# MAPS now charge for their services, so you'll have to buy a contract before
# attempting to use the next 3 lines.
MAPS-RBL blackholes.mail-abuse.org.
MAPS-DUL dialups.mail-abuse.org.
MAPS-RSS relays.mail-abuse.org.
# This next line works for JANET UK Academic sites only
MAPS-RBL+ rbl-plus.mail-abuse.ja.net.
# And build a similar list for the RBL domains that work on the name
# of the domain rather than the IP address of the exact machine that
# is listed. This way the RBL controllers can blacklist entire
# domains very quickly and easily.
# These aren't used by default, as they slow down MailScanner quite a bit.
RFC-IGNORANT-DSN dsn.rfc-ignorant.org.
RFC-IGNORANT-POSTMASTER postmaster.rfc-ignorant.org.
RFC-IGNORANT-ABUSE abuse.rfc-ignorant.org.
RFC-IGNORANT-WHOIS whois.rfc-ignorant.org.
RFC-IGNORANT-IPWHOIS ipwhois.rfc-ignorant.org.
RFC-IGNORANT-BOGUSMX bogusmx.rfc-ignorant.org.
# Easynet are closing down, so don't use these any more
Easynet-DNSBL blackholes.easynet.nl.
Easynet-Proxies proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl.
Easynet-Dynablock dynablock.easynet.nl.
# This list is now dead and must not be used.
#OSIRUSOFT-SPEWS spews.relays.osirusoft.com.
# These folks are still going strong
SORBS-DNSBL dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-HTTP http.dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-SOCKS socks.dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-MISC misc.dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-SMTP smtp.dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-WEB web.dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-SPAM spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-BLOCK block.dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-ZOMBIE zombie.dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-DUL dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-RHSBL rhsbl.sorbs.net.
# These next 2 are "Spam Domain List" entries and not "Spam List"s
SORBS-BADCONF badconf.rhsbl.sorbs.net.
SORBS-NOMAIL nomail.rhsbl.sorbs.net.
# Some other good lists
CBL cbl.abuseat.org.
DSBL list.dsbl.org.
2008/7/7 Martin.Hepworth <martinh at solidstatelogic.com>:
> Simon
>
> What RBL's you using? Could be one of them backing up - eg spamhaus tend to slow down their feed if you go over the 'free' limit.
>
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> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf
>> Of Simon Jones
>> Sent: 07 July 2008 17:46
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: Re: inconsistent performance
>>
>> Could be I guess, netstat just shows up the usual mass of
>> smtp connections - it's just really odd why it's ok on the
>> most part but as soon as somthing triggers a choke they all
>> start backing the queue up with messages.
>>
>> I'll do some more checking around.
>>
>> thanks Richard
>>
>> SMJ
>>
>> 2008/7/7 Richard Frovarp <richard.frovarp at sendit.nodak.edu>:
>> > Simon Jones wrote:
>> >>
>> >> hello chaps,
>> >>
>> >> anyone have an idea why i'm seeing inconsistent
>> performance on all 3
>> >> of my gateway servers? Nothing shows up errors in the maillog and
>> >> MailScanner --Lint checks out ok but from time to time the
>> machines
>> >> will choke and i'll stack 2k and rising messages up in the
>> hold queue.
>> >>
>> >> one day they'll work fine and the hold queue will be
>> normal, then all
>> >> of a sudden they'll start backing up.
>> >>
>> >> I have postfix reading from mysql for the relay_domains /
>> >> relay_recipients and transport maps as well as logging to
>> a seperate
>> >> db on the same seperate db server for mailwatch.
>> >>
>> >> the mysql db has dual oppy's with 10gb ram so it's pretty
>> beefy and
>> >> doesn't seem to be maxed at all.
>> >>
>> >> the gateways run fairly heavy but are by no means topping
>> out. I've
>> >> tried dropping max children and the batch processing
>> settings but to
>> >> no avail.
>> >>
>> >> any ideas would be really appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> thanks
>> >>
>> >> SMJ
>> >>
>> >
>> > What about mail volume? Is it consistent across the days in
>> question?
>> > Or, even if the numbers are the same, you might end up with bursty
>> > traffic on the days you backup, causing everything to fall behind.
>> > Botnets, mailing lists, all of that sort can drop traffic on you in
>> > one heck of a hurry at times.
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