> -----Original Message-----
> From: Candee Vaglica
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:15 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: spamc/spamd failure
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michel Vanbreugel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 7:31 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: spamc/spamd failure
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On a Redhat 7.3 ( 2.4.20-28) with SA 3.0.1 :
> > installation and filtering is good, but from time to time,
> each 3 or 4
> > days no more message is filtered, despite the spamd deamon is still
> > active.
> >
> > - I try to upgrade the number of child process of spamd from 5 to 10
> > but keep the same problem ;
> > there are the options I use to call spamd :
> > OPTIONS="-d -x -m 10 -s /var/log/spamd.log"
You might try:
http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.0.x/dist/doc/spamd.html
--max-conn-per-child=number
This option specifies the maximum number of connections each
child should process before dying and letting the master
spamd process spawn a new child. The minimum value is 1, the
default value is 200.
>
> > - the only trace I see in the log file is something like this :
> > Nov 4 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18508]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> > 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> > 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18511]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> 127.0.0.=1
> > failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> 11:54:01 xxxxx
> > spamc[18512]:
> > connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3):
> > Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:01 xxxxx
> > spamc[18513]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1
> failed, retrying
> > (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18509]:
> > connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3):
> > Connection timed out Nov 4
> > 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18514]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> > 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> > 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18536]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> 127.0.0.=1
> > failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> 11:54:01 xxxxx
> > spamc[18537]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1
> failed, retrying
> > (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18538]:
> > connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3):
> > Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:01 xxxxx
> > spamc[18539]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1
> failed, retrying
> > (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18540]:
> > connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3):
> > Connection timed out Nov 4
> > 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18542]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> > 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> > 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18543]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> 127.0.0.=1
> > failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> 11:54:01 xxxxx
> > spamc[18544]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1
> failed, retrying
> > (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18551]:
> > connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3):
> > Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:01 xxxxx
> > spamc[18548]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1
> failed, retrying
> > (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18541]:
> > connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3):
> > Connection timed out Nov 4
> > 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18545]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> > 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> > 11:54:01 xxxxx spamc[18554]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> 127.0.0.=1
> > failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> 11:54:01 xxxxx
> > spamc[18557]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1
> failed, retrying
> > (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:02 xxxxx spamc[18574]:
> > connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3):
> > Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:02 xxxxx
> > spamc[18575]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1
> failed, retrying
> > (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:02 xxxxx spamc[18576]:
> > connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3):
> > Connection timed out Nov 4
> > 11:54:02 xxxxx spamc[18577]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> > 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> > 11:54:02 xxxxx spamc[18578]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at
> 127.0.0.=1
> > failed, retrying (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4
> 11:54:02 xxxxx
> > spamc[18579]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1
> failed, retrying
> > (#1 of 3): Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:02 xxxxx spamc[18580]:
> > connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1 failed, retrying (#1 of 3):
> > Connection timed out Nov 4 11:54:02 xxxxx
> > spamc[18581]: connect(AF_INET) to spamd at 127.0.0.=1
> failed, retrying
> > (#1 of 3): Connection timed out
> >
> > - these messages appeared at times the computer is not particulary
> > loaded;
> > this is a dedicated mail server for about 80 users
> >
> > - netstat -lnp | grep spamd
> > gives : tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:783 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
> > 20063/spamd.log
> > so the defaut 783 port is OK
> >
> > - I used SA 2.6 for a long time without any problem ;
> > I get this new problem when I upgrade to 3.0.0
> > so I recently try 3.0.1 but it's the same
> >
> > - the only thing I'm able to do in that case is to restart
> the deamon
> > by :
> > service spamassassin restart
> > and everything restart well ..
> >
> > but the problem is still pending, and what to do when I'm not there
> > ...
> >
> > regards
> >
> > --
> > ==============================================================
> > ==========
> > Michel Vanbreugel
> > CEREMADE
> > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Universit� Paris-Dauphine
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> >
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