On Feb 27, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Jeroen Koekkoek wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm testing my module now, and I wanted to build in some kind of timeout for 
> reconnecting to the master database. But as far as I can tell SpamAssassin 
> creates a new connection per incoming message, that would mean that creating 
> the timeout functionality is useless. Is this conclusion correct? Does 
> SpamAssassin create a new connection per incoming message?

Yes, but there is a plugin you can use for persistent connection (it hasn't 
been updated in awhile but I believe that it still works), check the wiki page.

Michael

> 
> Best regards,
> Jeroen
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeroen Koekkoek [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 8:38 AM
>> To: '[email protected]'
>> Subject: bayes module master-slave
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have a question regarding a BayesStore module I'm writing. First let
>> me explain what I'm trying to accomplish.
>> 
>> I want to build a setup of three servers, one master database, and two
>> spam gateways. I want the bayes database to be replicated so that the
>> bayes check produces the same result on both servers (more might be
>> added in the future). To do this I want to use a master sql database
>> that replicates to both mail servers. The BayesStore module should do
>> all writes on the master, and all reads on the slave. Although this
>> doesn't necessarily improve overall performance, it does allow the
>> master to go down without the slaves being interrupted.
>> 
>> My questions:
>> 1. Is this even a good idea?
>> 2. Splitting on read/write actions might not be a good idea. It might be
>> better to read only tokens locally, and token expiration delta etc from
>> the master so that we're always working with the most up to date
>> information?
>> 3. Other pointers?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Jeroen Koekkoek

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