Hi Theo Van Dinter >I don't know if amavisd does something special wrt bayes,
Do you need me to send amavisd.conf? usually they (mailing list of amavisd-new) suggest to post SA related issues to this list and not on Amavisd-new list. >As the appropriate user, run "sa-learn -D --sync" and see what happens. I did but still the same size, following is the output. ===================================== bash-2.03# /usr/local/bin/sa-learn -D --sync [17329] dbg: logger: adding facilities: all [17329] dbg: logger: logging level is DBG [17329] dbg: generic: SpamAssassin version 3.1.0 [17329] dbg: config: score set 0 chosen. [17329] dbg: util: running in taint mode? yes [17329] dbg: util: taint mode: deleting unsafe environment variables, resetting PATH [17329] dbg: util: PATH included 'PATH', which is not absolute, dropping [17329] dbg: util: PATH included '/usr/sbin', keeping [17329] dbg: util: PATH included '/usr/bin', keeping [17329] dbg: util: PATH included '/export/home/mg1', keeping [17329] dbg: util: final PATH set to: /usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/export/home/mg1 [17329] dbg: dns: is Net::DNS::Resolver available? yes [17329] dbg: dns: Net::DNS version: 0.52 [17329] dbg: dns: name server: 212.119.64.2, family: 2, ipv6: 0 [17329] dbg: config: using "/etc/mail/spamassassin" for site rules pre files [17329] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/init.pre [17329] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/v310.pre [17329] dbg: config: using "/usr/local/share/spamassassin" for sys rules pre files [17329] dbg: config: using "/usr/local/share/spamassassin" for default rules dir [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/10_misc.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_advance_fee.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_anti_ratware.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_body_tests.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_compensate.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_dnsbl_tests.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_drugs.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_fake_helo_tests.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_head_tests.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_html_tests.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_meta_tests.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_net_tests.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_phrases.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_porn.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_ratware.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/20_uri_tests.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/23_bayes.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_accessdb.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_antivirus.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_body_tests_es.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_body_tests_pl.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_dcc.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_domainkeys.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_hashcash.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_pyzor.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_razor2.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_replace.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_spf.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_textcat.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/25_uribl.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/30_text_de.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/30_text_fr.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/30_text_it.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/30_text_nl.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/30_text_pl.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/30_text_pt_br.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/50_scores.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/60_awl.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/60_whitelist.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/60_whitelist_spf.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /usr/local/share/spamassassin/60_whitelist_subject.cf [17329] dbg: config: using "/etc/mail/spamassassin" for site rules dir [17329] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/cyberia.cf [17329] dbg: config: read file /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf [17329] dbg: config: using "//.spamassassin/user_prefs" for user prefs file [17329] dbg: config: read file //.spamassassin/user_prefs [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL from @INC [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL=HASH(0xbe6938) [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Hashcash from @INC [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Hashcash=HASH(0xbfb5a8) [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SPF from @INC [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SPF=HASH(0xc1d590) [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Pyzor from @INC [17329] dbg: pyzor: network tests on, attempting Pyzor [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Pyzor=HASH(0xca565c) [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SpamCop from @INC [17329] dbg: reporter: network tests on, attempting SpamCop [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SpamCop=HASH(0xe6f9c4) [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AWL from @INC [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AWL=HASH(0xe8dc0c) [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AutoLearnThreshold from @INC [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AutoLearnThreshold=HASH(0xdc5268) [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WhiteListSubject from @INC [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WhiteListSubject=HASH(0xdcb5e0) [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::MIMEHeader from @INC [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::MIMEHeader=HASH(0xdcd228) [17329] dbg: plugin: loading Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ReplaceTags from @INC [17329] dbg: plugin: registered Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ReplaceTags=HASH(0xfbc5b8) [17329] dbg: config: adding redirector regex: /^http:\/\/chkpt\.zdnet\.com\/chkpt\/\w+\/(.*)$/i [17329] dbg: config: adding redirector regex: /^http:\/\/www(?:\d+)?\.nate\.com\/r\/\w+\/(.*)$/i [17329] dbg: config: adding redirector regex: /^http:\/\/.+\.gov\/(?:.*\/)?externalLink\.jhtml\?.*url=(.*?)(?:&.*)?$/i [17329] dbg: config: adding redirector regex: /^http:\/\/redir\.internet\.com\/.+?\/.+?\/(.*)$/i [17329] dbg: config: adding redirector regex: /^http:\/\/(?:.*?\.)?adtech\.de\/.*(?:;|\|)link=(.*?)(?:;|$)/i [17329] dbg: config: adding redirector regex: m'^http.*?/redirect\.php\?.*(?<=[?&])goto=(.*?)(?:$|[&\#])'i [17329] dbg: config: adding redirector regex: m'^https?:/*(?:[^/]+\.)?emf\d\.com/r\.cfm.*?&r=(.*)'i [17329] info: config: failed to parse line, skipping: use_razor2__0 [17329] info: config: failed to parse line, skipping: use_dcc 0 [17329] dbg: plugin: Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ReplaceTags=HASH(0xfbc5b8) implements 'finish_parsing_end' [17329] dbg: replacetags: replacing tags [17329] dbg: replacetags: done replacing tags [17329] dbg: bayes: tie-ing to DB file R/O //.spamassassin/bayes_toks [17329] dbg: bayes: tie-ing to DB file R/O //.spamassassin/bayes_seen [17329] dbg: bayes: found bayes db version 3 [17329] dbg: bayes: DB journal sync: last sync: 0 [17329] dbg: bayes: not available for scanning, only 0 spam(s) in bayes DB < 200 [17329] dbg: bayes: untie-ing [17329] dbg: bayes: untie-ing db_toks [17329] dbg: bayes: untie-ing db_seen [17329] dbg: config: score set 1 chosen. [17329] dbg: learn: initializing learner [17329] dbg: bayes: bayes journal sync starting [17329] dbg: bayes: bayes journal sync completed [17329] dbg: bayes: expiry starting [17329] dbg: locker: safe_lock: created //.spamassassin/bayes.mutex [17329] dbg: locker: safe_lock: trying to get lock on //.spamassassin/bayes with 300 timeout [17329] dbg: locker: safe_lock: link to //.spamassassin/bayes.mutex: link ok [17329] dbg: bayes: tie-ing to DB file R/W //.spamassassin/bayes_toks [17329] dbg: bayes: tie-ing to DB file R/W //.spamassassin/bayes_seen [17329] dbg: bayes: found bayes db version 3 [17329] dbg: locker: refresh_lock: refresh //.spamassassin/bayes.mutex [17329] dbg: bayes: DB expiry: tokens in DB: 534, Expiry max size: 150000, Oldest atime: 987802486, Newest atime: 1058995800, Last expire: 0, Current time: 1142675333 [17329] dbg: bayes: expiry completed [17329] dbg: bayes: untie-ing [17329] dbg: bayes: untie-ing db_toks [17329] dbg: bayes: untie-ing db_seen [17329] dbg: bayes: files locked, now unlocking lock [17329] dbg: locker: safe_unlock: unlocked //.spamassassin/bayes.mutex =========================================== >These are all extremely large. It looks like auto-expire and/or auto-sync may be disabled. My /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf has only the following lines. ========================== lock_method flock use_razor2 0 use_dcc 0 use_pyzor 0 ========================== Thanks, Mohammad Junaid.