Hello, John D. Hardin wrote: > On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Richard Hobbs wrote: > >> Could the size of "bayes_seen" and "bayes_toks" be causing this timeout? > > Yes. > >> If so, what can i do about this? > > Disable automatic Bayes expiry and do a manual expiration run, and > allow it to complete.
So what you (and Michael Parker) are saying is that it's not the checking of spam against the tokens that is causing the timeout, it's the automatic expiration of old tokens that "conveniently" gets tagged onto the same operation, right? If so, let me get this straight - an email comes in and goes off to spamd. spamd then checks the message against the tokens to determine whether it's spam or not, then runs an expiry of old tokens (or perhaps it happens the other way around), and only then returns the mail to exim. The expiration of old tokens takes a lot longer than the spam checking and as a result it's timing out. So, if i disable automatic expiration, spamd will only attempt one operation at a time, (checking of spam against the tokens) and should therefore not timeout, correct? But, if i do disable automatic expiration, i will have to remember to do it manually, or via cron. Is this all correct? Would a suitable alternative be to delete "bayes_seen" and "bayes_toks", then restart spamd? I know i would be deleting everything that had been learned over the last period of time, but starting afresh may not be a bad thing, seeing as the rules in the database are probably 6 months to a year old now (we've not been using spamd for a year or so, because i broke it and had no time to fix it!). Please let me know your thoughts, and also let me know whether deleting both of those files is a good way to go. Thanks again, Richard. > Once that's done you *can* turn automatic expiry back on to maintain > it, but you might just get back into the same situation. You may want > to leave automatic expiry off, and use cron to schedule a manual > expiry at a low-traffic time of day. > > -- > John Hardin KA7OHZ http://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] FALaholic #11174 pgpk -a [EMAIL PROTECTED] > key: 0xB8732E79 -- 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Taking my gun away because I *might* shoot someone is like cutting > my tongue out because I *might* yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. > -- Peter Venetoklis > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Today: Exercise Your Rights day > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by Verizon Business Internet Managed > Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit > http://www.verizonbusiness.com/uk > > -- Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator) Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/ Tel: +44 1223 376964 Mobile: +44 7811 803377
