On Tuesday 31 March 2009, Nigel Kukard wrote:
> > I thoutht I was chasing a strange bug until I found a pattern in the way
> > Amavis changes take effect.  In my tests, most changes require a restart
> > of Amavis.  This seems quite odd in that the change is in the policyd
> > database. The follwoing table illistrates this behaviour:
> >
> > Amavis              bypass_         Virus is
> > Restarted   virus_checks    Checked
> >
> > Yes         Inherit         Yes     (checks enabled by default)
> >             Yes             Yes     (should not check for virus)
> > Yes                         No      (restart fixed it)
> >             Inherit         Yes     (no restart needed in this case)
> >             Yes             Yes     (should not check for virus)
> > Yes                         No      (restart fixed it)
> >             Inherit         Yes     (no restart needed in this case)
> >             Yes             Yes     (should not check for virus)
> > Yes                         No      (restart fixed it)
> >             No              No      (should have checked for virus)
> >             Inherit         No      (should have checked for virus)
> > Yes                         Yes     (restart fixed it)
>
> This makes very little sense .... policyd overwrites the policy bank
> every time amavisd processes a message.
>
> I'll need to try reproduce this.
>
> > I have only checked one setting.  Under what circumstances is an Amavis
> > restart needed?
>
> It shouldn't be needed at all.

What can I do to help whith this?

Regards,
David Koski
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