On Thu, 19 May 2005 16:33:36 -0500 "Jon Dossey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: Menno van Bennekom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: David Velásquez Restrepo > > Subject: Re: Simple question TRUE or FALSE (More data to answer > > this question) > > > > > Q) With spamassassin (and all the above info) you need about > > > 20 to 30 seconds per email message and LOTS of RAM and CPU: > > > a) TRUE > > > b) FALSE > > My answer is b), False. > > I have a mailserver here that has a 1Ghz CPU and 512MB RAM and > > SA on that server usually takes 2 or 3 seconds per message. > > Like already posted, some of your rulesets are unnecessary > > because they are included in SA (standard rulesets or SURBL). > > Did you check 'cat messages | spamassassin -D' to see what part > > takes most time? DNS time-outs can take a lot of time for > > example (also checkable with tcpdump port 53). > > Also your SMTP-server (xmail?) takes a lot of cpu. I've never > > used Xmail but I use postfix (and amavisd-new) and I think it's > > quite memory and CPU efficient. > > > > Please don't take this as me doubting you - but how in the world > are you able to scan a message in 2-3 seconds? I assume you're > running some of the network tests, like other people that have > posted 2-3 second message processing times, is that correct? > > My Dl360 with dual 1.266ghz CPU's, 2GB of RAM, and dual 18GB > mirrored scsi drives can only scan a message in 4-5 seconds. At > least that was my scan time with a completely default setup, > running spamd/spamass-milter, SA 3.0.1, RedHat FC2, and sendmail > 8.13.1. I haven't checked in a while (since I updated SA, the > milter, and sendmail), but I have a good feeling most of my > processing time was spent waiting for DNS responses. > > Any input into my situation would be appreciated. I'd love to be > able to get down to 2-3 seconds, basically cutting my processing > time in half! > > .jon > For me, spamstats returns ... Average message analysis time : 5.64 seconds Average spam analysis time : 5.54 seconds Average clean message analysis time : 5.76 seconds What is my mail server running? A single PII/400 - 768MB - SCSI disks - Debian Woody w/SA from www.backports.org -- Raquel ============================================================ Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. --Margaret Young
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