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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m still having problems with MailScanner running
very slowly when I have ‘Use <span class=SpellE>SpamAssassin</span> = yes’
in my <span class=SpellE>mailscanner.conf</span> file.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I have ‘<span class=SpellE>skip_rbl_checks</span>
1’ in my <span class=SpellE>spam.assassin.prefs.conf</span> file.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I have also downloaded and installed <span
class=SpellE>SpamAssassin</span> again, just to make sure it wasn’t a
problem with it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I also have all
RBL lines commented out.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I’m
not sure where the problem may be.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For an idea on what I mean by “very slowly”,
here’s a snippet of my logs:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>root@mail-server:/usr/local/MailScanner/etc</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'># tail -f /<span
class=SpellE>var</span>/log/messages | <span class=SpellE>grep</span> scanner<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 23 </span></font><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="14"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>07:14:22</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> mail-server
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>mailscanner</span></span><span
class=GramE>[</span>31122]: MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 3.22
starting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 23 </span></font><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="14"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>07:14:22</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> mail-server
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>mailscanner</span></span><span
class=GramE>[</span>31122]: Configuring <span class=SpellE>mailscanner</span>
for <span class=SpellE>sendmail</span>...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 23 </span></font><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="14"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>07:14:23</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> mail-server
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>mailscanner</span></span><span
class=GramE>[</span>31122]: Using <span class=SpellE>locktype</span> = flock<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 23 </span></font><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="14"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>07:14:26</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> mail-server
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>mailscanner</span></span><span
class=GramE>[</span>31123]: Startup: found 1515 messages waiting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 23 </span></font><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="14"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>07:14:41</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> mail-server
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>mailscanner</span></span><span
class=GramE>[</span>31123]: Forwarding 53 clean/<span class=SpellE>unscanned</span>
messages, 411969 bytes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 23 </span></font><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="14"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>07:14:41</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> mail-server
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>mailscanner</span></span><span
class=GramE>[</span>31123]: Scanning 100 messages, 855578 bytes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 23 </span></font><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="22"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>07:22:17</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> mail-server
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>mailscanner</span></span><span
class=GramE>[</span>31123]: Scanned 100 messages, 855578 bytes in 15 seconds<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 23 </span></font><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="22"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>07:22:19</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> mail-server
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>mailscanner</span></span><span
class=GramE>[</span>31123]: Forwarding 100 clean/<span class=SpellE>unscanned</span>
messages, 1288695 bytes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Jul 23 </span></font><st1:time Hour="19" Minute="22"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>07:22:19</span></font></st1:time><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> mail-server
<span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>mailscanner</span></span><span
class=GramE>[</span>31123]: Scanning 100 messages, 1139850 bytes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>About 8 minutes to scan 100 messages.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>That’s hurting me. However, when I
use spamass-milter, it’s screaming fast, but you must sacrifice functionality
for speed (in my case, I’m not able to delete ‘high scoring’
spam while using the <span class=SpellE>milter</span>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have contacted the authors of <span class=SpellE>spamass-milter</span>,
and they have given me pointers on how to get this functionality, however my C
skills are not well enough developed to complete the task. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>If anyone would be interested in pushing <span
class=SpellE>spamass-milter</span> in to MailScanner, I’d be happy to
post the information that I have been given.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Either way, I was hoping that someone might be able to point
me to the right direction as to where I should look on how to correct the speed
problems that I’m experiencing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Bill Omer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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