Jake has a great tip in a video about making a QMT run more efficiently.
Putting the simscan directory on a RAM disk speeds up scanning big time.
I would recommend this tweak if you're needing to start so many spamd
children. Check out the video for details.
nicole thomson wrote:
thanks eric
it did the job.
> To: [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:53:53 -0700
> Subject: [qmailtoaster] Re: Spam issues
>
> Nicole,
> You need to add a --max-children=8 (for example) parameter to the
> command you've shown. See "man spamd" for details, as there are some
> factors with this parameter that you should be aware of.
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
> nicole thomson wrote:
> >
> > This is showing the message as rejected, but I do see an error in your
> > spamd log that may be causing you some grief:
> > info: prefork: server reached --max-children setting, consider
raising it
> > You set a limit on the number of children spawnable in your run
file and
> > you're exceeding that. You either need to tune your system to process
> > messages faster, or raise that limit in your run file.
> >
> > (As a side note, is there a way to make your MSN auto wrap message
lines
> > that are too long?)
> >
> >
> > jake, can you please tell me where should i change the settings for
the
> > above recommendations?
> >
> >
> > btw i am using putty to access the machine, i dont use MSN at work
place.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > my spamd/run contents as follows
> >
> >
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > exec /usr/bin/spamd -x -u vpopmail -s stderr 2>&1
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:38:38 -0500
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] Spam issues
> >
> > nicole thomson wrote:
> >
> > from smtp
> >
> > @400000004af3c9c62ff93254 simscan:[16170]:SPAM REJECT
> > (16.30/12.00):25.1791s:We Provide Nice Choice Of Affordable
> > Soft.:222.254.140.77:[email protected]:[email protected]:
> >
<mailto:Soft.:222.254.140.77:[email protected]:[email protected]:>
> > @400000004af3c9c62ff99014 qmail-smtpd: qq hard reject (Your email is
> > considered spam (16.30 spam-hits)): MAILFROM:<[email protected]>
> > <mailto:[email protected]> RCPTTO:[email protected]
> > <mailto:RCPTTO:[email protected]>
> > @400000004af3c9c70707fed4 tcpserver: end 16170 status 256
> > @400000004af3c9c7070806a4 tcpserver: status: 2/50
> > @400000004af3c9d51b8ed904 tcpserver: end 16336 status 0
> > @400000004af3c9d51b8f32dc tcpserver: status: 1/50
> > @400000004af3c9e51b78d44c tcpserver: end 16335 status 0
> > @400000004af3c9e51b79226c tcpserver: status: 0/50
> >
> >
> > from spamd
> >
> > @400000004af3c9c62f9c703c [16157] info: spamd: identified spam
> > (16.3/12.0) for clamav:508 in 9.9 seconds, 4446 bytes.
> > @400000004af3c9c62f9e21d4 [16157] info: spamd: result: Y 16 -
> >
BAYES_99,HELO_LOCALHOST,HTML_MESSAGE,RDNS_NONE,URIBL_AB_SURBL,URIBL_BLACK,URIBL_JP_SURBL,URIBL_OB_SURBL,URIBL_SC_SURBL,URIBL_WS_SURBL
> >
scantime=9.9,size=4446,user=clamav,uid=508,required_score=12.0,rhost=localhost.localdomain,raddr=127.0.0.1,rport=52586,mid=<000d01ca5eae$d178b630$6400a...@molests>,bayes=1.000000,autolearn=spam
> > @400000004af3c9c6314a9d3c [2460] info: prefork: child states: BBBBB
> > @400000004af3c9c6314aa50c [2460] info: prefork: server reached
> > --max-children setting, consider raising it
> > @400000004af3c9c631727c44 [16157] info: spamd: connection from
> > localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] at port 52596
> > @400000004af3c9c631f423ac [16157] info: spamd: processing message
> > <008c01ca5eae$f2cd4620$d867d2...@com> for vpopmail:508
> > @400000004af3c9c917309794 [12120] info: spamd: clean message
> > (-3.2/12.0) for vpopmail:508 in 4.2 seconds, 53607 bytes.
> > @400000004af3c9c917325cb4 [12120] info: spamd: result: . -3 -
> > AWL,BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE,NO_RELAYS
> >
scantime=4.2,size=53607,user=vpopmail,uid=508,required_score=12.0,rhost=localhost.localdomain,raddr=127.0.0.1,rport=52591,mid=<00b101ca5eae$e1c22d00$a54687...@com>,bayes=0.000000,autolearn=unavailable
> >
> >
> >
> > This is showing the message as rejected, but I do see an error in your
> > spamd log that may be causing you some grief:
> > info: prefork: server reached --max-children setting, consider
raising it
> > You set a limit on the number of children spawnable in your run
file and
> > you're exceeding that. You either need to tune your system to process
> > messages faster, or raise that limit in your run file.
> >
> > (As a side note, is there a way to make your MSN auto wrap message
lines
> > that are too long?)
> >
> >
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