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At 20:29 27/05/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Why
did I get a time out on this message? I admit SA was having problems when
this email got delivered, but <br>
I looked for the 20 consecutive failures but never got over 5, and yet SA
still timed out on this message. Does MS just not wait for SA to
get through 20 falures before it writes SA off and just says that it
times out?</font></blockquote><br>
If it never got over 5, then it hasn't had the 20 failures in a row that
your version requires before giving up on all the network checks that SA
does. If you have a modern version, check for the existence of the
option<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>SpamAssassin
Timeouts History<br>
Using this, combined with the normal timeout counter, you can make it
give up on all the SA network checks of, for example, 10 out of the last
20 checks time out. This means that a consistent 50% failure rate will
trigger the "give up" action, rather than the old behaviour
which would have required n consecutive failures before doing
anything.<br><br>
There is a corresponding<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Spam List
Timeouts History<br>
option for the RBLs too.<br><br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">cat /var/log/maillog | grep
"May 26" | grep SpamAssassin<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">May 26 09:18:25 webmail
MailScanner[2763]: SpamAssassin timed out and was killed, consecutive
failure 1 of 20<br>
May 26 09:18:51 webmail MailScanner[2798]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20<br>
May 26 09:20:40 webmail MailScanner[2798]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 2 of 20<br>
May 26 09:21:06 webmail MailScanner[2560]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20<br>
May 26 09:21:07 webmail MailScanner[2446]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20<br>
May 26 09:21:11 webmail MailScanner[2742]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20<br>
May 26 09:21:36 webmail MailScanner[2763]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20<br>
May 26 09:21:47 webmail MailScanner[2798]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 3 of 20<br>
May 26 09:22:23 webmail MailScanner[2446]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 2 of 20<br>
May 26 09:22:42 webmail MailScanner[2742]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 2 of 20<br>
May 26 09:22:55 webmail MailScanner[2763]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 2 of 20<br>
May 26 09:23:05 webmail MailScanner[2798]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 4 of 20<br>
May 26 09:23:06 webmail MailScanner[2560]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20<br>
May 26 09:23:24 webmail MailScanner[2446]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 3 of 20<br>
May 26 09:24:06 webmail MailScanner[2798]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 5 of 20<br>
May 26 09:24:17 webmail MailScanner[2742]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 3 of 20<br>
May 26 09:24:42 webmail MailScanner[2763]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 3 of 20<br>
May 26 09:25:42 webmail MailScanner[2763]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 4 of 20<br>
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<dd><font face="tahoma" size=2>-----Original Message-----<br>
<dd>From:</b> Kevin Miller
[<a href="mailto:Kevin_Miller@CI.JUNEAU.AK.US" eudora="autourl">mailto:Kevin_Miller@CI.JUNEAU.AK.US</a>]<br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:22 PM<br>
<dd>To:</b> MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> Re: [MAILSCANNER] MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin timed
out and was killed, co nsecutive failure 1 of 20<br><br>
</font>
<dd><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=2 color="#008080">If the network is
slow, or any RBLs that spamassassin is using are congested, or probably a
half dozen other reasons you'll get the occaisional time out. The
phrase "1 of 20" is the key. In other words, it will try
20 times before giving up. If you see a series of those going up to
"20 of 20" you have a problem. If it's just the odd
timeout here and there it's the email equivilant of hitting a slow web
page. I think...<br>
</font>
<dd> <br><br>
<dd><font size=2>...Kevin<br>
<dd>--<br>
<dd>Kevin
Miller
Registered Linux User No: 307357<br>
<dd>CBJ MIS
Dept.
Network Systems Administrator, Mail Administrator<br>
<dd>155 South Seward Street ph: (907)
586-0242<br>
<dd>Juneau, Alaska 99801 fax:
(907 586-4500<br>
<dd> </font> <br>
<dl>
<dd><font face="tahoma" size=2>-----Original Message-----<br>
<dd>From:</b> Idan Plotnik
[<a href="mailto:idan@SECURENET.CO.IL" eudora="autourl">mailto:idan@SECURENET.CO.IL</a>]<br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:50 PM<br>
<dd>To:</b> MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> Re: MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20<br><br>
</font>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#000080">But I don’t use Razor's
servers!<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#000080"> <br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#000080"> <br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2 color="#000080">Regards,<br><br>
<dd>Idan Plotnik<br>
<dd>SecureNet Ltd, Israel<br>
<dd>E-Mail: idan@securenet.co.il<br>
<dd>Office: +972-03-7544626<br>
<dd>Mobile: +972-54-4542215<br>
<dd>We Certify Secured Networks<br>
<hr>
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<dd><font face="tahoma" size=2>From:</b> Casanova, Chase
[<a href="mailto:Chase.Casanova@RDU.COM" eudora="autourl">mailto:Chase.Casanova@RDU.COM</a>]
<br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:53 PM<br>
<dd>To:</b> MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> Re: MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin timed out and was
killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">I've been getting several
of these lately too. Do you happen to be using Razor with
SpamAssassin? I think Razor's servers are getting congested at
certain times of the day and causing the SpamAssassin calls from
MailScanner to time out. I'm not sure if there is a way to tell
SpamAssassin to let Razor timeout and continue with other checks.<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Thanks,<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Chase<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
</font>
<dl><br>
<dd><font face="tahoma" size=2>-----Original Message-----<br>
<dd>From:</b> Idan Plotnik
[<a href="mailto:idan@SECURENET.CO.IL" eudora="autourl">mailto:idan@SECURENET.CO.IL</a>]<br>
<dd>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:40 PM<br>
<dd>To:</b> MAILSCANNER@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<br>
<dd>Subject:</b> [MAILSCANNER] MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin timed out
and was killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2>Hi All,<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2> <br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2>Someone can tell me the reason for this
error that appear in my maillog?<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2> <br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2>"MailScanner[31525]: SpamAssassin
timed out and was killed, consecutive failure 1 of 20"<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2> <br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2>I read about this and I found out the it
can be a DNS problem but not In my case.<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2>I think that because of this problem a lot
of spam is getting into my organization.<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2> <br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2>Thanks a lot.<br>
</font><br>
<dd><font face="arial" size=2> <br>
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