Anirudha Patil, > I have Postfix 2.5.5 running with Amavis [amavisd-new-2.6.4 (20090625)] > integrated with ClamAV 0.96.1 > > I need to know if there is any default *Scan Timeout* or *Timeout *for > amavis process. I can see the below limit options in amavisd.conf but no > options for how long will amavis process would scan a given email before > timing out if any > [...] > Is there any child_timeout value associated with amavis, if yes, what is it > and if it has any default value ? > > Please find my sample amavid.conf file.
There is a $child_timeout setting, with a default value of 8*60 seconds, i.e. 8 minutes. It limits the total time for one mail message processing spent in amavisd. The sublimits (virus, spam, ... scans) are derived dynamically from $child_timeout and actual times spent so far. With your version 2.6.4 the time limits are rather coarse. The situation in this respect is significantly improved with 2.7.0 : Release notes: - improved support for pre-queue content filtering setups: reorganized time limiting on processing to obey more strictly a deadline time, which is the sum of $child_timeout and a timestamp at the moment of a reception of a complete message (SMTP data-end time). The deadline time is also passed to SpamAssassin, which since version 3.3.0 supports a 'master_deadline' option and can gracefully terminate its processing on a time limit, while still providing results collected so far. The setting $sa_timeout is now retired: the variable is still declared for backward compatibility, but has no effect. Instead, the time available for spam scanning is automatically determined from $child_timeout, taking into consideration the actual time left till the deadline; Mark
