> Either the message really contained 4400+ components, or the > uulib decoder was doing a poor job of decoding, repeatedly > claiming it is able to recognize the format, but decoded it > to another copy of itself (same or similar contents). Such > behaviour of uulib (through Convert::UUlib) has been reported > in the past, some cases were fixed in later releases of > Convert::UUlib, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are more > problems lurking in uulib. Make sure to use a fairly recent > version of Convert::UUlib. > > > It's hard to say what went wrong afterwards. It could simply > take a very long time to process the 4400 resulting files, or > perhaps uulib corrupted process memory of the Perl interpreter. > > > As expected. Like Gary noted, fetch the culprit message from > the queue for inspection, and remove it. > > > > $MAXLEVELS = 14; > > $MAXFILES = 1500; > > $MIN_EXPANSION_QUOTA = 100*1024; # bytes > > $MAX_EXPANSION_QUOTA = 300*1024*1024; # bytes > > These defaults are usually just fine. > In you case the (probably infinite) decoding was rightfully > interrupted by these limits, so they did their job correctly. > > > Also what is a reasonable setting when Postfix is set to > > "message_size_limit = 30000000" > > The above limits are reasonably generous, so I don't see an > immediate need to bump up the $MAX_EXPANSION_QUOTA, unless > you notice a specific example of mail where the limit was hit > on an otherwise normal message. > > Mark >
In my haste to get the messages out of the queue, some were sent without being scanned by amavisd. So, the message that was causing the problem was sent accidentally. :( I have not had a problem since, I sure it was a mail bomb as Gary suggested. UULib version = p5-Convert-UUlib-1.06,1. Thanks, Craig ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
