OK, I've got this one figured out.  I'll keep testing tonight and 
(hopefully) release 4.0.6 in the morning.

-- Sam Clippinger

Sam Clippinger wrote:
> No, I couldn't reproduce that one.  I can't think of any reason why 
> spamdyke's debug/excessive output should ever be sent to the remote server.
>
> Could you send your configuration file and "run" file to me?  It must be 
> something specific to your setup.
>
> -- Sam Clippinger
>
> Arthur Girardi wrote:
>   
>> Hi Sam,
>>
>> Will that also solve the issue of smtp errors on the client-side? I  
>> couldn't find any log for those customers who had those errors, not  
>> even in the syslog. I did copy the error tho, if that may be of any  
>> help. Can reproduce that anytime too.
>>
>> And just to correct myself earlier, its not chunks of excessive  
>> output, but always the same line:
>>
>> EXCESSIVE(process_config_file()@configuration.c:3610): set  
>> configuration option full-log-dir from file /etc/spamdyke.conf, line  
>> 69: /path/to/spamdyke/full-log-dir
>>
>> This being the server's reply in the error message at client side.
>>
>> Arthur
>>
>> Citando Sam Clippinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> I think I may have this one solved.  I removed some code in version
>>> 4.0.5 that I didn't think was necessary any longer, but it turns out I
>>> wrote it for version 3.1.2 to prevent exactly this problem.  Go figure.
>>>
>>> I've reverted that change and I'm running the test scripts now.  If
>>> everything checks out I'll release 4.0.6 in the morning.
>>>
>>> -- Sam Clippinger
>>>
>>> Arthur Girardi wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I too noticed the high cpu usage by spamdyke in the 4.0.5 version.
>>>> Like 6 or 7 spamdyke processes running at 100% cpu on a dual
>>>> quad-core...
>>>>
>>>> Interesting enough, I noticed not all spamdyke did go 100%, only those
>>>> that had some kind of attachment, a gif, jpg, a signature, whatever,
>>>> encoded in base64. The message does finish successfully and life goes
>>>> on, but I started having some slowdown complaints, and after this
>>>> first post to the list, I saw I had the same issue.
>>>>
>>>> If you strace the process while it is hanging at high cpu, you'll see
>>>> a lot of Timeouts mixed with reads and writes of what seems to be the
>>>> content of the base64 attachment.
>>>>
>>>> Then I tried changing output from my normal verbose operation to
>>>> excessive, and enabled full-log-dir, but just as I did that, cpu usage
>>>> fell down, and clients started getting smtp error messages containing
>>>> chunks of spamdyke's excessive output.
>>>>
>>>> I'm running spamdyke on a rhel5.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Arthur
>>>>
>>>> Citando Paulo Henrique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi...
>>>>>
>>>>> 2008/10/14 Sam Clippinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> This is the first I've heard of this -- can you provide any more
>>>>>> information about it?  Did those spamdyke processes produce any log
>>>>>> messages or errors?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> No errors.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Did they begin eating the CPU before or after
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> accepting/rejecting a message?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Apparently once the message is accepted.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Did you try turning on full logging to
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> see exactly what was going on?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Yet I did not.
>>>>>
>>>>>   What OS are you running?
>>>>>
>>>>> Linux Slackware 12.1, kernel 2.6.24-5-smp
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> tks.
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>>>> -- Sam Clippinger
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Erald Troja wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I second your findings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We reverted to 4.0.4 right away.
>>>>>>> Did not report it as we were unable
>>>>>>> to find a good explanation for it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The spamdyke processes were just lingering each consuming
>>>>>>> between 70% to 100% of CPU.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>>>> Erald Troja
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paulo Henrique wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> since the spamdyke upgraded to 4.0.5, I noted that my servers working
>>>>>>>> with a high load,  the average of 0.65 and they were left to 3.5,
>>>>>>>> someone noticed this problem? What may be happening?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> tks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>                 
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>>>>> --
>>>>> "Muitos homens perdem a saúde para ganhar dinheiro, depois perdem o
>>>>> dinheiro para ganhar a saúde. - Confúcio"
>>>>>
>>>>> Paulo Henrique Fonseca
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