It's a bit of a surprise to me to, but those were the facts. Switching to Unix Domain sockets resolved the issue, temporarily.
I've also had to add "-t 25" to spamc.conf in /etc/mail/spamassassin so that when spamd stops doing anything for no apparent reason, as usual, spamc will at least give up and let's the message go through before the remote SMTP server assumes we've died, and re-delivers the message to us countless times. > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Shubert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] spamd (spamc)? > > > I wonder then how the system can have run out of sockets. > > Is something besides the toaster using spamd? How many spamd > processes are typically running at once? > > Inquiring minds want to know. ;) > > Bobby Tyner wrote: > > We are running the stock 100, Eric. > > > > Bobby Tyner > > Systems Administrator > > > > BroadSpire, Inc. > > www.PingWorx.com | www.BroadSpire.com | > > 617 W. 7th Street., Ste. 601. Los Angeles, CA 90017 > > phone: 213.986.1050 | Fax: 213.688.7791 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Eric Shubert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 6:35 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] spamd (spamc)? > > > > Dairenn Lombard wrote: > >> Looks like I figured out the real reason. > >> > >> The server was running out of sockets. It looks like the > default is > >> to have up to 256 different instances of port 783 connections via > >> 127.0.0.1 > >> - I've switched spamd/spamc over to using a Unix socket > instead, and > >> this has fixed the problem. > >> > > > > Are you running more than the stock 100 concurrencyincoming > sessions? > > How many are you running? > > > > > -- > -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]
