I've had to resort to deleting the directories every 6 hours using cron to run a script containing the following code to keep glisting under control
#!/bin/sh for name in $(ls /location_of_your_graylist_directory) do for pref in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z do find /home/vpopmail/graylist/$name/$pref* -print0 | xargs -0 rm -fR done done Greg Cirino Cirelle Enterprises Inc. 603-425-2221 www.cirelle.com Why email when you can VideoMAIL? !!! Catch the Wave of the Future Now! Video Email, Live Broadcast, Blog, Podcast and more all in one Easy To Use Package Visit www.321vm.com to learn how! Ben Klang wrote: > On Jul 28, 2008, at 4:24 PM, Bob Alanis wrote: > > >> As far as restarting Spamdyke, I'm not inclined to do so since >> there is >> no reason to believe that it won't start this whole nested _none thing >> all over again. I'm curious if this is a bug in the software or if >> there is something in my config or elsewhere I should change to avoid >> this. Remember, these thousands of nested _none directories are >> popping >> up for many sites, not just the one I included in the >> recipient-blacklist-entry line. The only pattern I could see is that >> the domains which got it the worst are the ones which normally get the >> most spam (with lots of the spam having nothing in the "from" field). >> >> > I too am experiencing this problem. Spamdyke was deployed on my > systems about 2 days ago now. I didn't bother to count the number of > _none directories created, but they were nested as Bob described. > The way I understand Spamdyke's operation, from reading the > documentation, directories should only ever be 4 levels deep, based > on the source and destination email address. I suspect this is a bug > in Spamdyke, though I haven't spent time in the code to determine > exactly where just yet. Fortunately I'm not experiencing it as badly > as Bob describes, though I expect that would be because I have fewer > users on my system, around 1,000 or so. > > /BAK/ > > > >> ~ Bob Alanis >> >> >> >> nightduke wrote: >> >>> Wipe seems to delete faster... >>> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=804 >>> >>> 2008/7/28 nightduke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> >>>> Well stop the mail server... >>>> >>>> create a new graylist >>>> add domains >>>> rename old greylistold >>>> create a cron job to remove greylistold this midnight i will take >>>> hours... >>>> Try secure delete seems to delete faster...support recursive >>>> directorys... >>>> >>>> http://pnboy.pinguix.com/my_packages/zenwalk/secure_delete/3.1/ >>>> secure_delete-3.1-i486-54.1.tgz >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Nightduke >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 2008/7/28 Bob Alanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thanks Nightduke, >>>>> >>>>> I can certainly put that domain into a recipient-blacklist- >>>>> file. I don't >>>>> think that will address the real issue of all those nested >>>>> directories. >>>>> I've turned off Spamdyke for nwo and have been trying to delete >>>>> those nested >>>>> _none directories for a whole day. Running "rm -rf >>>>> /var/qmail/spamdyke/greylist" for 12 hours still didn't get rid >>>>> of all of >>>>> them. I've found one instance of over 3000 _none directories >>>>> nested inside >>>>> each other, and there are likely several instances like that >>>>> (and some with >>>>> possibly more _none directories). This issue is happening for >>>>> tons of >>>>> domains, not just the one I listed in the recipient-blacklist- >>>>> entry line. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone have any ideas about the nested _none problem? >>>>> >>>>> ~ Bob Alanis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> nightduke wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Can you add the domains to a blacklisted file >>>>> >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> Don't put the domain there, i think will be better to put the >>>>> domains >>>>> in a text file. >>>>> >>>>> I hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Nightduke >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2008/7/27 Bob Alanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello folks, >>>>> >>>>> I've been using Spamdyke for about a week now and I'm loving it, >>>>> but I'm >>>>> running into some problems on our server. I'm running Spamdyke >>>>> 4.0.1 on >>>>> a Plesk 8.2.0 server (which runs Fedora Core 4) and was able to >>>>> install >>>>> and get Spamdyke running just fine. The problem is that our >>>>> server is >>>>> experiencing some super high loads and they seem to be related to >>>>> Spamdyke. More specifically it seems to be related to the fact >>>>> that in >>>>> my greylisting folder (/var/qmail/spamdyke/greylist/) there are >>>>> hundreds >>>>> of folders called "_none" all nested within eachother. Here's an >>>>> example of what I'm talking about (with our client's domain name >>>>> removed)... >>>>> >>>>> /var/qmail/spamdyke/greylist/DOMAINREMOVEDFORPRIVACY.COM/ >>>>> ceceliamoraledewitt/_none/_none/_none/_none/_none/_none/_none >>>>> >>>>> That's a very short example, there are tons of instances where >>>>> /_none/_none/_none/_none/ goes on for over 1000 times (highest I've >>>>> found so far was 1,412 _none folders nested in a row). >>>>> >>>>> This was causing our nightly backup software to freak out as it was >>>>> having trouble copying such long directories. I managed to get >>>>> it to >>>>> ignore my greylist directory during the nightly backups, but >>>>> today we >>>>> had a server crash (well, high load causing it to not respond). >>>>> After >>>>> the server rebooted, I noticed this when I typed dmesg... >>>>> >>>>> spamdyke[5315]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip >>>>> 0000003517773e56 rsp >>>>> 00007fff11129a28 error 4 >>>>> spamdyke[9267]: segfault at ffffffff95c1e5e8 rip >>>>> 00000035177740b2 rsp >>>>> 00007fff95c1a518 error 4 >>>>> >>>>> My greylist directory has 479 domain names listed (we don't >>>>> actually >>>>> have that many sites on our server, more like 300 plus many domain >>>>> aliases), and many of them have this _none/_none/_none problem. >>>>> >>>>> When I run a config test the only error I get is... >>>>> >>>>> ERROR: Missing qmail-smtpd command >>>>> >>>>> But this wasn't keeping spamdyke from working all week. >>>>> >>>>> My /etc/spamdyke.conf file is... >>>>> >>>>> -------------------- >>>>> >>>>> log-level=info >>>>> tls-level=smtp >>>>> tls-certificate-file=/var/qmail/control/servercert.pem >>>>> smtp-auth-level=observe >>>>> local-domains-file=/var/qmail/control/rcpthosts >>>>> max-recipients=100 >>>>> idle-timeout-secs=60 >>>>> recipient-whitelist-file=/var/qmail/spamdyke/whitelist_recipient >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> graylist-level=always >>>>> graylist-dir=/var/qmail/spamdyke/greylist >>>>> graylist-exception-ip-file=/var/qmail/spamdyke/never_greylist >>>>> graylist-min-secs=180 >>>>> graylist-max-secs=604800 >>>>> sender-blacklist-file=/var/qmail/spamdyke/blacklist_senders >>>>> recipient-blacklist-file=/var/qmail/spamdyke/blacklist_recipients >>>>> ip-blacklist-file=/var/qmail/spamdyke/blacklist_ip >>>>> sender-whitelist-file=/var/qmail/spamdyke/whitelist_sender >>>>> ip-whitelist-file=/var/qmail/spamdyke/whitelist_ip >>>>> greeting-delay-secs=5 >>>>> reject-empty-rdns >>>>> dns-blacklist-entry=zen.spamhaus.org >>>>> dns-blacklist-entry=dnsbl.ahbl.org >>>>> dns-blacklist-entry=bl.spamcop.net >>>>> reject-missing-sender-mx >>>>> local-domains-file=/var/qmail/control/rcpthosts >>>>> >>>>> --------------------- >>>>> >>>>> The [EMAIL PROTECTED] line is due to >>>>> a client >>>>> being mailbombed at the moment. I've added their domain to this >>>>> line >>>>> temporarily. >>>>> >>>>> Any suggestions? If there is any more info I can provide I >>>>> would be >>>>> happy to. Is this normal spamdyke behavior? >>>>> >>>>> ~ Bob Alanis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> spamdyke-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> spamdyke-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> spamdyke-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> spamdyke-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> spamdyke-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > spamdyke-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users > > > > _______________________________________________ spamdyke-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users
