> > You are forgetting that there are two pieces here, spamc and spamd. spamc > > has a timeout. I believe it works like this. > > > > spamc sends the message to spamd. If spamd doesn't finish in time, spamc > > goes ahead and releases the message unchanged. This doesn't shut down > > spamd, which continues to process, and log its actions, but when it tries > > to respond to spamc, the other end of the socket is gone. > > > > > > True. Spamd is easiest to follow through debugging messages, though. In > looking at the logs for spamd (see the original email), I don't see any > particular delays. The entire message appears to be processed in around > 2 seconds, including the RBLs. > > So, unless something's breaking in between spamd and spamc, it appears > that the message is getting returned in around 2 seconds, based on the > spamd logs. I don't see spamd processes hanging around longer than that, > so I'm pretty doubtful that anythings handing. > > On my production machine, if I get a surge of email, or after restarting > SA, I sometimes see processing times go into the tens of seconds. If so, > spamc still waits paitently. > > I'm going to watch the spamd/spamc communication with ngrep for a > while... that should confirm what traffic is being passed.
Watch out for surges that cause it to hit MAX_CHILD, or some other throttle. Might even be a sendmail throttle. Doesn't matter if spamd needs only 2 seconds if there are 15 guys ahead of it in line and MAX_CHILD is set to 10. > > > --Rich > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Rich Puhek > ETN Systems Inc. > 2125 1st Ave East > Hibbing MN 55746 > > tel: 218.262.1130 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________ > -- Jack Gostl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- 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
