Hello Sniffer Folks, The changes in the rule strength tuning have uncovered a bug in the rulebase compilers. The result of this bug was that shortly after removing approximately 70000 weak rules, the rulebase began to compile with nearly twice as many rules as they should have (213000+).
This problem was discovered and all changes were reversed around 0100 EST. All rulebases are now recompiling with the original settings and should be _normal_ again within 6-8 hours. Once the problem with the tuning engine on the compilers has been corrected, the changes to the rule strength analysis system will be re-tried. The result of these events _should_ only be that your rulebase file may be significantly larger than usual for a short period of time. There should be no other effects except perhaps a slightly higher system load during the period of time that the rulebase file is oversized. This is _NOT_ a problem with the SNF software that runs on your servers. The problem is with the software we use to create rulebase files. I expect things to be normal shortly and corrected within a day so that we can proceed with the tuning improvements. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. Thanks, _M Pete McNeil (Madscientist) President, MicroNeil Research Corporation Chief SortMonster (www.sortmonster.com) This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
