Re: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Matt
Dan, Think about the fact that the entire rulebase and the executable don't have to be read except on occasion when running as a service, and memory doesn't need to be allocated to the application each time it is run.  This should also help with the mystery heap issues that can occur on an ove

Re: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Matt
Dan, There is no AppDirectory value on my server either.  The Parameters key has only one value under it besides Default which is "Application", and it contains exactly what I provided below.  Could it be that you tried to hard to get everything right by tweaking these additional keys? Someth

Re[4]: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Pete McNeil
Well, it's not going to hurt your performance at all (a 2 second delay on each email is not going to be noticed in most cases - email is not IM after all). That said, the persistent mode is not necessary either though It will help if you get a burst of high activity. _M On Tuesday, August 2, 2005

RE: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Dan Horne
Nah, the .cfg file is default and srvany.exe was installed with the resource kit. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MattSent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 3:58 PMTo: sniffer@SortMonster.comSubject: Re: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time? Dan,Jus

RE: Re[2]: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Dan Horne
So basically, what you are saying is that my volume is really too low to take advantage of the persistent sniffer (and such may actually decrease my performance), and I should stick with the non-service version. Is that right? That is about what I thought (without the details of how sniffer wo

Re[2]: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Pete McNeil
After following through all of this and looking at the .stat file, I think I see what's going on. Now that it is running and producing a .stat file, the flow rate is very low. According to the stat data, about 6 msgs / minute. Note the poll and loop times are in the 450 - 550 ms range. SNF with

Re: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Matt
You are correct.  My bad. Matt Nick Hayer wrote: Without regard to content I believe the edits would be made in CurrentControlSet - not in ControlSetxxx - the later are the backups. -Nick Matt wrote: Dan, I seem to recall trying to use the AppParameters key and having di

Re: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Matt
Dan, Just two thoughts at this moment.  One would be permissions.  Maybe setting up SRVANY by installing the Resource Kit would be the way to go (if that isn't what you did).  I would imagine that if the service starts, all should be fine.  The other would be to check your Sniffer's CFG file t

Re: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Nick Hayer
Without regard to content I believe the edits would be made in CurrentControlSet - not in ControlSetxxx - the later are the backups. -Nick Matt wrote: Dan, I seem to recall trying to use the AppParameters key and having difficulty with it.  I think that you might want to try removing th

RE: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Dan Horne
No, I followed your instructions exactly (and not for the first time).  I didn't add those extra values until today.  Prior to adding the AppDirectory value, the service was taking a minute to scan emails; after adding it the scan time went to around 2 seconds.  I can't get it any lower than

RE: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Dan Horne
I removed the AppParameters value and put the authcode and persistent back in the Application value where it was before.  It didn't make any difference at all in the processing time, still right around 2 seconds.  I don't know how your setup is working without at least the AppDirectory value

Re: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Matt
Dan, I seem to recall trying to use the AppParameters key and having difficulty with it.  I think that you might want to try removing that key and putting everything in the Parameters key, or at least that works for me.  If you change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Sniffer\Pa

RE: [sniffer] Sniffer taking a long time?

2005-08-02 Thread Dan Horne
OK, I have managed to get SOMETHING working, but it still seems too slow and something is still not right. I originally set up the persistent sniffer using the instructions from this post: http://www.mail-archive.com/sniffer@sortmonster.com/msg00169.html This uses SRVANY.exe. I conjectured that