RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Imail/Declude queues backing up - Narrowed down to Scott Fisher's externals

[Mark E. Smith]

I've been able to narrow down the locked file problem to Scott Fisher's external tests.

 

I re-enabled SpamCHK - no problems.

If I enable any of the following:

 

size.exe

obfsubj.exe

HEADER2.exe

dispfrom.exe

 

I start seeing random locked files in the \spool directory.

 

Scott, Any thoughts on this?

 

Thanks!

 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark E. Smith
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Imail/Declude queues backing up - I think it's Declude

We're pushing about 150,000 messages per day through this server.

Dual processor 2Ghz, 2GB RAM, RAID 5.

 

This server ONLY runs Imail/Declude as a gateway.

 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Gufler
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:08 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Imail/Declude queues backing up - I think it's Declude

Never seen this problem but at this time I've running 3 external tests.

 

in your cfg I can see 12 different calls of external programs

Add the call of declude.exe and maybe 2 av-engines and multiply this number by the number of messages your server is processing each day.

 

I assume it will be a big value. Maybe too big for your server.

 

Markus

 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark E. Smith
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:18 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Imail/Declude queues backing up - I think it's Declude

>  > Having said that could it be one of the external tests
> that Declude is  > calling?
>  > In other words, it would appear that the problem is with
> Declude.exe but  > it's really with a shelled process that
> declude is calling?
>
> That shouldn't cause this -- Declude will timeout the
> external process if it takes too long.

Looks like this is the problem.
I removed all of our External tests except Sniffer and the problem has gone away.
Anyone had problems with SpamChk or the others listed here?
Here's what we're running?

#SUBJECT-OBFUSCATE      external        weight  "e:\IMail\Declude\obfsubj.exe PATH=e:\IMail\declude\OBSubFilters LOG=HIGH CW=%WEIGHT% SW=350 %SUBJECT%" 0       0
#HEADERCODE-FILTER      external        weight  "e:\IMail\Declude\HEADER2.exe PATH=e:\IMail\declude\HeaderFilters LOG=HIGH CW=%WEIGHT% SW=350 %HEADERCODE%"     0       0
#DISPLAY-FROM           external        weight  "e:\IMail\Declude\dispfrom.exe PATH=e:\IMail\declude\DispFrom LOG=HIGH CW=%WEIGHT% SW=350 %HEADERS%"    40      0


#Size Tests
#SIZE-XXS       Result Code 11 - Less than 0.5 KB (but not zero)
#SIZE-XS        Result Code 12 - Between 0.5 KB and 5 KB
#SIZE-S         Result Code 13 - Between 5 KB and 30 KB
#SIZE-M         Result Code 14 - Between 30 KB and 100 KB
#SIZE-L         Result Code 15 - Between 100 KB and 300 KB
#SIZE-XL        Result Code 16 - Between 300 KB and 1000 KB
#SIZE-XXL       Result Code 17 - Greater than or equal to 1000 KB
#
# Values
# SZ = String of Message Sizes
# CW = Current Weight
# SW = Skip Weight
#SIZE-XXS               external        11      "e:\IMail\Declude\Size.exe SZ=.5,5,30,100,300,1000 CW=%WEIGHT% SW=120"  20      0
#SIZE-XS                        external        12      "e:\IMail\Declude\Size.exe SZ=.5,5,30,100,300,1000 CW=%WEIGHT% SW=120"  0       0
#SIZE-S                 external        13      "e:\IMail\Declude\Size.exe SZ=.5,5,30,100,300,1000 CW=%WEIGHT% SW=120"  0       0
#SIZE-M                 external        14      "e:\IMail\Declude\Size.exe SZ=.5,5,30,100,300,1000 CW=%WEIGHT% SW=120"  0       0
#SIZE-L                 external        15      "e:\IMail\Declude\Size.exe SZ=.5,5,30,100,300,1000 CW=%WEIGHT% SW=140"  -20     0
#SIZE-XL                        external        16      "e:\IMail\Declude\Size.exe SZ=.5,5,30,100,300,1000 CW=%WEIGHT% SW=150"  -30     0
#SIZE-XXL               external        17      "e:\IMail\Declude\Size.exe SZ=.5,5,30,100,300,1000 CW=%WEIGHT% SW=170"  -50     0

# SNIFFER TESTS

MS-TRAVEL               external        047                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        100     0
MS-INSURANCE            external        048                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-AV-PUSH              external        049                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        100     0
MS-THEFT                external        050                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-SPAMWARE             external        051                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-SNAKEOIL             external        052                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-SCAMS                external        053                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-PORN                 external        054                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        170     0
MS-MALWARE              external        055                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        170     0
MS-SALES                external        056                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-SCHEMES              external        057                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-CREDIT               external        058                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-GAMBLING             external        059                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-GREYMAIL             external        060                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        90      0
MS-OBFUSCATION          external        061                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        150     0
MS-SPAM                 external        062                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        120     0
MS-GENERAL              external        063                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        120     0
MS-WHITE                external        000                                     "<SNIFFER_CODE>"        0       0

# SPAMCHK
#SPAMCHK                        external        weight                                  "e:\IMail\declude\SpamChk\spamchk.exe"