Gary, Yeah, that sounds exactly like what is happening and I see messages in the log, as well, that supports what you're saying.
Hopefully Declude support will be around on Monday and maybe we can work on getting that one solved. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Steiner > Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 5:51 PM > To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com > Subject: re: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude bugs and problems with smartermail > > Regarding #5. I've run into spam that was sent to multiple addresses on > the server, and the spam was processed by Declude (it's listed in the log > files), but somehow when this spam is then moved to the hold directory it > gets confused and somehow loses track of the file, and the file doesn't > end up in the hold directory (you see an error message about this in the > log file). It gets delivered, but without any Declude processing messages > in the header. > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > From: "Dave Beckstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 1:01 PM > > To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com > > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude bugs and problems with smartermail > > > > I've found a few Declude bugs and other problems when running in the > > smartermail environment. > > > > 1) Declude leaves directories with names such as 6432144091.vir in the > > SPOOL/PROC overflow directory and it NEVER goes back and removes these > > directories or cleans them up. I have to manually delete the .vir > > directories. > > > > 2) Orphaned files. I have found files in the SPOOL/PROC directory where > the > > .EML extension has been renamed to .EM$ and there is no matching .HDR > file. > > These stay until I delete the orphans. I currently have a file in my > SPOOL > > directory called X6432144091.EML with no matching .HDR file - which > means > > its an orphan file too. > > > > 3) The PROC overflow directory is being populated with files even when > the > > server is under very low utilization. This, in my opinion, portends > major > > performance problems ahead of us when the server is under a high load. > I > > don't see any tuning parameters available which allow me to tweak under > what > > circumstances the PROC directory is utilized. I have a dual processor > > server with 2 gig of RAM on it and I should not be forced to the same > > limitations as someone with a single processor server. This process > needs > > to be tunable. > > > > 4) This morning I had about 100 files in the SPOOL/PROC directory. I > had to > > manually copy them to the SPOOL directory for processing. Once I moved > > them, the new files being placed into the PROC directory would > automatically > > move back to the SPOOL directory for processing. So it appears that > there > > is some situation where Declude forgets about some files in the > SPOOL/PROC > > directory and never goes back and moves them back to the SPOOL. I can > set > > up a script to do this (and delete the .vir folders too) every 15 > minutes > > but I shouldn't have to do that. > > > > 5) This morning I had 45 spam emails in my in-box that had no header > records > > indicating that they were ever processed by Declude. Apparently there > is > > some situation where Declude doesn't process messages. I haven't yet > > figured out how or why this may be happening. I'll do more research to > see > > what I can find. > > > > I am hoping that support will get with me ASAP and that together we can > > identify the cause of these problems and make some enhancements to > Declude > > which will make it more smartemail friendly. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > > > > --- > > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
