Hi Michael,
I gave this a try, commenting out bayes and then adding it back too. NOW I'm seeing spamd running for about 1 hour before it crashes the machine with and without bayes commented. A marked improvement, but still crashing my machine. I did also update DB_File using CPAN, but I noticed at the end of the CPAN output it said "DB_File is up to date" so I don't think it did actually update anything. Do you know how to check the DB_File version so I can confirm it's at 1.806? Is there anyway to tell spamd to spew out detailed trace information while running that might tell me when/how memory is getting all gobbled up? Also, these last few times (while testing this potential fix) that spamd froze my machine, and after a hard reboot, I didn't see any "out of memory" entries in /var/log/message, like I did at first. I know spamd is the culprit though because I still see it sitting at the top of 'top' with 90%+ memory usage right before the machine locks up / freezes. I really want to use SA here! Anyone else have any ideas as to why its killing my box? Thanks, David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Michael Stauber > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 9:42 PM > To: David McMahon; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] System crashing with spamd > > > Hi David, > > > spamd starts up ok, but the minute an email is sent through > the MTA, > > calling spamc, spamd jumps to the top of the process table > (via 'top') > > with memory usage in the 75%-95% range. The system slows > to a crawl > > and within a minute crashes with "Out of memory" in the > system logs, > > requiring a hard reboot (and subsequent disk checks! ouch!). > > I've had the same problem on a RedHat box once. After a lot > of digging I could > isolate the issue: > > The installed Perl had a broken DB_File support. So when > SPAMd tried to > utilize Bayes, then it would consume all available memory in > a few seconds of > time. This did either lead to a core dump or a system crash. > > To see if you have the same problem disable Bayes and then > try to use SPAMd > again (with the debugging switch). If it doesn't comsume all > memory, then > you've isolated the problem. > > To fix the issue I installed the most recent DB_File from CPAN: > http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/P/PM/PMQS/DB_File-1.806.tar.gz Hope this helps. -- With best regards, Michael Stauber ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
