Thank you Thomas!!  I will run through these steps this weekend and report
back.

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 12:03 PM Thomas Eckardt <thomas.ecka...@thockar.com>
wrote:

> - check all the setting for the lists and hashes to be set to 'DB:' (using
> mysql)
> - check that the mysql server is working correctly (if not assp will
> failover to plain files)
> - check all settings related to the rebuildspamdb
> - shutdown assp
> - clear the folder 'tmpDB'
> - remove all 'griplist....' related files from assp root folder
> - check the file time of the assp.cfg (written at assp shutdown)
> - check that the last line in assp.cfg is 'ConfigSavedOK:=1'
>
> - start assp at commandline
> - wait 10 minutes , watch the log for normal maintenance
> - stop assp
> - start it as service
> - wait 10 minutes
> - start a rebuildspamdb task from the GUI or cmdqueue (in doubt enable the
> debugging for the rebuild)
> - wait until this task is finished
> - stop assp
>
> - start assp from commandline - everythng should work like expected
> - stop assp
> - start the service
>
> Thomas
>
>
> Von:        "K Post" <nntp.p...@gmail.com>
> An:        "ASSP development mailing list" <
> assp-test@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Datum:        29.09.2021 16:41
> Betreff:        [Assp-test] Rebuild SpamDB worker thread at startup hangs
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> If I restart my server or just the ASSP windows service, I've discovered
> that ASSP generally will no longer fully start automatically as a service.
>  I'm sure there's something misconfigured, corrupt, or broken on my
> machine.  If the Windows server crashes or does an after hours update
> restart, ASSP needs to be started from the command line  before it'll run
> as a service, which presents a big problem.
>
> *The service does always run, but I cannot connect to the GUI nor to SMTP.*
> At start, it uses about 10% of processor as expected.  In task manager, I
> see memory usage go ~300mb, ~600mb, then up to 984mb and stop.  CPU then
> goes down to 0.0% or 0.1% and it just hangs.  In testing, I've left it for
> over an hour like this.  It just sits.  No SMTP, no GUI.  RAM usage stays
> at 984mb.  Nothing in maillog, nothing in the Windows system log that I can
> find.
>
> If I start from command line, ASSP will work, but there is a delay on the:
> starting rebuild SpamDB worker thread
> line, memory sits at 984mb, then after a two minutes or so, memory grows a
> bit more, I'll get the [OK] on the starting rebuild SpamDB line, and SMTP
> and the GUI *start to work*.  It'll run like this quite happily forever.
>
> I want it running as a service though, so I'll ctrl+c, then start ASSP
> from the services manager. Task manager will show it again pausing at
> 984mb, but this time, it always continues and operates normally!  So the
> temporary fix is to start on command line, ctrl+c, then start the service
> normally.
>
> Everything is up to date, including all modules.  I'm using MySQL.
> useDB4Rebuild is checked
> RebuildEsesFileModel is unchecked, though I did try this when it first
> became an option.  I turned it off because it used so much RAM and my
> rebuild is already under 45 minutes.  Could there be something lingering
> because of this?
>
> Can you suggest anything that I should be checking?
> Is there something that starting ASSP from command line could be clearing
> out or resolving that starting it as a service wouldn't?
> Is there a debug switch that would capture what's happening at this very
> early stage of startup?  There doesn't seem to be anything written to the
> logs at all.
>
> I'm making do as is, but sure would like to fix this issue.
>
> Thank you.
>
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