Well it's time to monitoring cpu/mem before the problem gets worse, don't you think?
> Yeah, I forgot that part all right. The SA process (task) maxes out the > cpu > for a while, then seems to go idle until the smtp session times out. This > creates a backlog that snowballs. Not quite so bad on a small domain, but > very severe with higher volumes. > > Jared Markell wrote: >> You forgot about the part where things start to hang and your system >> tasks >> start to count in numbers.. and for me, at about 350+ tasks, performance >> degrades VERY badly, resulting in "user unknown" errors when users try >> to >> log in via pop3, or when connecting smtp servers try to deliver a >> message. >> >> In a nutshell, Bayes getting corrupt = many many phone calls "Wtf?!?" to >> me >> :( >> >> At any normal given point in time, my server should run at 140~ tasks at >> one >> time, so 300+ is bad. :) >> >> That's when I started upping my max children to hopefully scan more >> emails >> at a time, but that actually worked against me, causing Bayes to get >> corrupt >> much faster and thus clog things up much faster. >> >> Jared >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eric "Shubes" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 3:25 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] bayes getting corrupt >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> BTW What is the effect of your corruption? >> >> Message: >> >> 2006-10-18 23:18:40.093043500 [30369] warn: bayes: cannot open bayes >> databases /home/vpopmail/.spamassassin/bayes_* R/W: lock failed: File >> exists >> >> appears repeatedly in spamd log. The message is accepted ok (received in >> recipient's inbox), but the SMTP session terminates abnormally so the >> sending server resends the message, resulting in duplicates. >> >> That's pretty much all I've determined at this point. Suggestions? >> >>> I do sa-learn --sync once per hour and haven't any problem (yet? :-P ) >>> >>> >>>> Would this be a good reason to use the MySQL Bayes storage engine? >>>> >>>> Q >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:45:31 -0700, Eric "Shubes" wrote: >>>>> Jared Markell wrote: >>>>>> Does anyone else have the problem of the Bayes database getting >>>>>> corrupt very often? My database has problems quite frequently, I >>>>>> usually have to delete the .spamassassin folder once every 3 days, >>>>>> and the only way to keep the server stable is just to disable Bayes >>>>>> checking all together. >>>>>> However, Bayes helps a lot and I would like to keep it if I could >>>>>> trust it not to corrupt and clog up the email server. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone else have these problems and/or have a solution? >>>>>> >>>>>> *Jared * >>>>>> ** >>>>> I have this problem too. I've been renaming .spamassassin when it >>>>> starts happening, so I have the old files to do some diagnostics >>>>> with. I simply haven't gotten around to it, but would like very much >>>>> to >> get it fixed. >>>>> It seems to be ok until the point where tokens are due to expire. >>>>> I'm guessing that the expiration process has a problem, but don't >>>>> rightly know. >>>>> >>>>> Any cdb gurus here, or does anyone know of a fix in this area? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -Eric 'shubes' >>>>> > > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
