On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 12:40:55PM +0100, Steve [Spamassasin] wrote: > All of which makes sense... Over time, however, there is a build-up of > bayes_toks.expire$$$$ files (where $ is a decimal digit) and I'm unclear > about these. Anecdotally, when there are lots of these
They're the temporary files that exist while SA is trying to expire old tokens from Bayes. If they're still around after the process exits, it's either a bug or more likely something you have is killing the processes (timeout?). > What causes the creation of a bayes_toks.expire$$$$ file? bayes expiry. > Do bayes_toks.expire$$$$ files affect performance, or just consume disk > space? I don't know how it would impact performance, but if an expiry is running it's being used by expiry and if allowed to complete will go away. Otherwise, it's a non-complete file just consuming disk space. > What effect would deleting these files have on spamassassin Bayesian > processing? None, as long as the file(s) deleted aren't in use by an expiry. > Is it likely that the 'failure' of spamassassin arose as a consequence > of a growing number of entries in bayes_toks, or is it more likely a > fault triggered by processing a malicious mail? It's not likely to be either. When an expire kicks off, that child will be busy until the expire is done. If all of your children are busy, messages will queue up waiting for a free child. If however you call SA decides to timeout, you don't get processing. > I've seen vague references to time-out settings - is this likely a > configuration issue (if so, which configuration options should be my focus)? It'd be the timeout of what you use to call SA, so ... can't answer that question. > Should I be regularly forcing expiry from a cron-job? It depends on your setup. It sounds like you'll want to disable auto expiry, and run it from cron periodically, based on your setup. -- Randomly Selected Tagline: "Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It's like having a little pet for your face." - Anita Wise
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