When I've got some time to babysit the thing, I'll see if I can re-create the problem. As I said at the start, it's not readily apparent where the snag occurs, or what is to blame. If in fact this outgoing mail triggered it, perhaps as someone suggested I should just ensure mail from localhost is given a free ticket out.
Thanks!
Brock
Stephen Gran wrote:
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 03:53:20PM -0700, Brock Nanson said:
I've got a server running a Discus forum in addition to Exim4, Clamav and spamassassin. One of the functions of the forum is to send the latest posting to all on the mail list. The result is a flood of mail that Exim sends on to Clam and Spamassassin.
Prior to adding Clam and SpamAssassin to the system, the discus mail flowed without a hitch. Now, however, I seem to be hitting a bottle neck with one or the other of the new additions (Exim winds up running 20 or more times and turning away mail - 'too many connections'). I'm wondering it has to do with the number of consecutive connections allowed by the clamav conf file. If this is the case, I don't think the solution is to increase the number to something exceeding the number of mail list members... ;-)
The logs are sort of chicken-egg. It's not apparent where the problem starts, so I don't know what sort of 'relevant' configuration data to post. Hence, I'm really just asking if mass mailings like this *could* be an issue for Clamav, or if I should look elsewhere.
It sounds like for some reason you're running clam and SA against the outgoing mail, instead of incoming. Presumably when a message comes in, it's one message for 1000 recipients (or whatever), and then gets mailed off. Scanning just that one message would be a lot more efficient. If the message board actually sends 1000 emails individually, maybe that's what needs to be hacked on.
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