> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Macdougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 14:18
> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Strange problem
> 
> Dirk Bonengel wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Dallas, I think the problem isn't the request timing out - 
> Rick says 
> > 'the child never exits from processing the message'...how 
> can this be??
> > 
> > Rick, as a workaround either raise the timeout limit (both 
> my servers 
> > are located near Cologne/Germany). And take a look at how 
> fast DNS is 
> > for you
> > 
> > Dirk
> > 
> > Dallas Engelken schrieb:
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Rick Macdougall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 
> >>> July 10, 2006 11:59
> >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> >>> Subject: Re: Strange problem
> >>>
> >>> Sanford Whiteman wrote:
> >>>    
> >>>>> Both  servers have exactly the same config except for 
> the         
> >>> auto-learn    
> >>>>> and bayes/user prefs are stored in mysql on the FreeBSD server.
> >>>>>         
> >>> Thanks to all who replied.
> >>>
> >>> I found the problem and it's related to ixhash, the 
> timeout doesn't 
> >>> work correctly / work at all.
> >>>
> >>> I see
> >>>
> >>> Jul 10 11:13:01 spa010 spamd[29830]: ixhash timeout reached at 
> >>> /etc/mail/spamassassin/ixhash.pm line 91, <GEN12101> line 2226.
> >>>
> >>> Jul 10 11:13:01 spa010 spamd[29830]: ixhash timeout reached 
> >>> at/etc/mail/spamassassin/ixhash.pm line 91, <GEN12101> line 2226.
> >>>
> >>> In the logs and the child never exits from processing the message.
> >>>
> >>> I've cc'd Dallas to see if he has any insights into the problem.
> >>>
> >>>     
> >>
> >> the warns are being generated because the timeout value has been 
> >> exceeded...
> >>
> >>
> >>         my $timeout =
> >> $permsgstatus->{main}->{conf}->{'ixhash_timeout'} || 5;
> >>         eval {
> >>           Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::trap_sigalrm_fully(sub { die 
> >> "ixhash timeout reached"; });
> >>
> >> the code is right.. you need to figure out why it times 
> out.  have you
> >> hardcoded ixhash_timeout to some other value?   have you 
> tried manual
> >> lookups from that box?
> >>
> >> # host -tA abc.ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
> >> Host abc.ix.dnsbl.manitu.net not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> >>
> >> d
> >>
> >>   
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Lookups are fast, very fast.  I'm running djb's dnscache 
> server locally.
> 
> time host -tA abcd.ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
> Host abcd.ix.dnsbl.manitu.net not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> 
> real    0m0.138s
> user    0m0.003s
> sys     0m0.005s
> 
> Like I said in my first message, it happens very rarely, so 
> it's most likely a network glitch.  I haven't changed the 
> timeout and it is still at 10.
> 
> I've turned it off on that box for now but I'm more than 
> willing to turn it back on if someone wants me to test 
> something for them.
> 
> As Dirk said, it should exit after the timeout is reached but 
> it never does, it just keeps logging errors about ixhash timing out.
> 

well, then maybe there is a bug in the plugin code of SA?  because the
timeout code is implemented in the same fashion pyzor/razor/etc are.
are you seeing the same issue with pyzor and/or razor enabled?

d


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