R: Spamassassin Timeout issue.

Alex Neuman van der Hans alex at rtpty.com
Wed Sep 10 17:18:06 IST 2008


Would resolving direct be faster than resolving through opendns?

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 10, 2008, at 11:02 AM, "Chris Sweeney" <csweeney at osubucks.org> =20=

wrote:

> Why use forwarders at all it just adds delay, use your DNS to resolve
> direct.  Remove the source port:
>
> options {
> # file di boot per named
>        directory "/var/named";
>        };
>
> logging {
>  channel local_log {
>   /*
>    * Use a file channnel. The file is
>    * /var/log/named.log. [Why the ".log"
>    * suffix?] Keep 2 versions of the file
>    * and don't let it get bigger than 1 Mb.
>    */
> #   file "/var/log/named.log"
>   file "/var/log/named/named.log"
>   versions 2 size 1M;
>   print-time yes;
>  };
>  category default {
>   /*
>    * Send every log category to the
>    * local_log channel defined above.
>    */
>   local_log;
>  };
> };
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
>
>> I beg your pardon but I do not understand your email.
>>
>> Could you please me more clear and "easy step" :-)
>>
>> Why "query-source address * port 53;" sould be wrong ???
>>
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>>
>> Dr. Marcello Anderlini
>> m.anderlini at database.it
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> Database Informatica S.r.l.
>> Microsoft Certified Partner
>> Tel.  +39059775070
>> Fax. +39059779545
>> http://www.database.it
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>> Da: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] Per conto di =20
>> Randal,
>> Phil
>> Inviato: mercoled=A8=AC 10 settembre 2008 17.29
>> A: MailScanner discussion
>> Oggetto: RE: Spamassassin Timeout issue.
>>
>> "query-source address * port 53;"
>>
>> Eek!  Repeat after me 10 times: "Dan Kaminsky".
>>
>> Time to do a sanity check on all your DNS setups to ensure you have
>> current
>> BINDs with randomised source ports for queries.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> --
>> Phil Randal
>> Networks Engineer
>> Herefordshire Council
>> Hereford, UK
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of =20
>> Marcello
>> Anderlini
>> Sent: 10 September 2008 15:59
>> To: 'MailScanner discussion'
>> Subject: R: Spamassassin Timeout issue.
>>
>> I beg your pardon but I have the same problem and I looking for a =20
>> solution
>> since many month.
>>
>> On my system is installed a dns server resolving also our domain.
>>
>> Very often during the day, unexpectedly without change nothing
>> spamassassin
>> starts to run very slowly.
>> I have followed all the tips founded but without success. Could be =20=

>> a dns
>> problem ?
>> This is my extract from my dns configuration. Is it enough to set =20
>> it also
>> as
>> a cache dns ?
>>
>> Thanks and sorry for my worst english.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>> options {
>> # file di boot per named
>>        directory "/var/named";
>>        forwarders { 83.216.172.1;83.216.172.2;213.234.128.211; };
>>        query-source address * port 53;
>> };
>>
>> logging {
>>  channel local_log {
>>   /*
>>    * Use a file channnel. The file is
>>    * /var/log/named.log. [Why the ".log"
>>    * suffix?] Keep 2 versions of the file
>>    * and don't let it get bigger than 1 Mb.
>>    */
>> #   file "/var/log/named.log"
>>   file "/var/log/named/named.log"
>>   versions 2 size 1M;
>>   print-time yes;
>>  };
>>  category default {
>>   /*
>>    * Send every log category to the
>>    * local_log channel defined above.
>>    */
>>   local_log;
>>  };
>> };
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>>
>>
>> Dr. Marcello Anderlini
>> m.anderlini at database.it
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> Database Informatica S.r.l.
>> Microsoft Certified Partner
>> Tel.  +39059775070
>> Fax. +39059779545
>> http://www.database.it <http://www.database.it/>
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> Da: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] Per conto di Alex
>> Neuman
>> van der Hans
>> Inviato: mercoled=A8=AC 10 settembre 2008 16.22
>> A: MailScanner discussion
>> Cc: MailScanner discussion
>> Oggetto: Re: Spamassassin Timeout issue.
>>
>>
>> When spamassassin times out, it usually is because of a DNS issue.
>> Restarting works in your case probably because people trying to =20
>> connect to
>> your server "back off" when you restart it because to them it looks =20=

>> like
>> your server died. They take pity and don't bother it for a while. =20
>> When
>> they
>> see it back online, the load and backlog rises.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Sep 10, 2008, at 9:05 AM, "Swati Meghanand" =
<swati.meghanand at gmail.com=20
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>    hi,
>>
>>    I am not running any name server on the same machine, actually I =20=

>> am
>> having a fail-over cluster of 3 machine having same configuration/=20
>> setting
>> I
>> facing this prob in 2 machines the another thts 3rd is running =20
>> smoothly...
>>
>>
>>    When I restart machine it works well for atleast 12-15 Hrs.(But
>> restarting Mailscanner didn't helped me)
>>
>>    Did u mean this could be a DNS related issue....
>>
>>    Regards,
>>
>>    Swati Meghanand
>>
>>
>>    2008/9/10 Alex Neuman van der Hans < <mailto:alex at rtpty.com>
>> alex at rtpty.com>
>>
>>
>>        It's actually quite clearly indicating the opposite. You are
>> not reading the logs right. If spamassassin is timing out, you need =20=

>> to
>> take
>> care of that. What caching nameserver are you running on that box?
>>
>>        Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>
>>        On Sep 10, 2008, at 3:54 AM, "Swati Meghanand" <
>> <mailto:swati.meghanand at gmail.com> swati.meghanand at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>            Hi,
>>
>>            I'm using mailscanner on a busy mail gateways from
>> serveral months, which was working fine so far.=46rom last few days I
>> noticed
>> incresed no of spam mails as well log Filtering queues (ofcourse slow
>> processing of mailscanner).In log file of mailscanner I found =20
>> following
>> lines,
>>
>>            Sep 10 04:47:29 localhost MailScanner[11027]: Virus
>> and Content Scanning: Starting
>>            Sep 10 04:47:37 localhost MailScanner[8400]:
>> SpamAssassin timed out and was killed, failure 8 of 20
>>            Sep 10 04:47:37 localhost MailScanner[8680]:
>> SpamAssassin timed out and was killed, failure 14 of 20
>>            Sep 10 04:47:38 localhost MailScanner[8680]: Message
>> 1KdL6x-0005q5-L3 from xx.xx.xx.xx (xxx at xxx.x) to xxx.xx is not spam,
>> SpamAssassin (not cached, timed out)
>>            Sep 10 04:47:38 localhost MailScanner[8400]: Message
>> 1KdLDG-0006se-Ox from xx.xx.xx.xx (xxx at xx.xxx) to xxx.xx is not spam,
>> SpamAssassin (not cached, timed out)
>>
>>            it clealy indicates mailscanner is not (able to)
>> scanning messages.
>>
>>            Any idea about this issue.
>>
>>            Thanks in advance :-)
>>
>>            Regards
>>
>>            Swati Meghanand
>>
>>
>>
>>
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