Look for the spamassassin cache database locking (search maillog for dbi is locked) which will explain it. Turn on spam speed logging to see how long the average queue processing time takes. Between the two you should be able to isolate it. Or you can try MailScanner --debug and see if you can find the needle in the haystack, maybe your DNS is just acting up.<br>
<br>-Vlad<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/29/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Maxime Gaudreault</b> <<a href="mailto:mgaudreault@reference.qc.ca">mgaudreault@reference.qc.ca</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p>I have a problem with my anti-spam gateway. The queue is
fulling up very quickly (1600+ mails in queue).</p>
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<p>The server's load average is <1 (0.60 – 0.80) so I
suppose this is not a ressource problem.</p>
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<p>Then I have to change the port forwarding directly to my Imail
server to let the anti-spam's queue going down.</p>
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<p>I used many tweak to maximize the efficacity of the
anti-spam (mailscanner work directory in ram, dns cache server, increasing
memory). I only got 1 CPU but I suppose this is not the problem because when
the queue is full, the load average is under 1.</p>
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<p>Any idea ?</p>
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<p>PS: Sorry for my bad engllish</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);">Technicien</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(211, 51, 59);">Référence Systèmes inc.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);">Tél. : 418.650.0997</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);">Téléc. : 418.650.9668</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);" lang="FR-CA">Courriel : <u>mgaudreault</u></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);"><a href="mailto:mgaudreault@reference.qc.ca" title="mailto:ltheberge@reference.qc.ca" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: rgb(91, 69, 53);" lang="FR-CA">@reference.qc.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);" lang="FR-CA"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);" lang="FR-CA">Site Internet : </span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);"><a href="http://www.reference.qc.ca/" title="http://www.reference.qc.ca/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span style="color: rgb(91, 69, 53);" lang="FR-CA">http://www.reference.qc.ca/</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: rgb(91, 69, 53);" lang="FR-CA"></span></p>
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