inconsistent performance
Martin.Hepworth
martinh at solidstatelogic.com
Tue Jul 8 09:15:43 IST 2008
Simon
Not only this but what are you running in MailScanner.conf and also spamassassin.
If you haven't turned any RBL's off in SA you're more than like running them all which could well account for odd performance issues.
--
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 18:13
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: inconsistent performance
>
> 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.
> >
> > --
> > 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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