LuKreme, > Running spamd (SA-3.3.0) under FreeBSD 6.2 I see frequent timeout errors > and message. When these occur, the mailserver seems to stop responding for > seconds: > > 04:18:19 mail spamd[67527]: (__alarm__ignore__(141359)) > 04:18:58 mail spamd[67527]: check: exceeded time limit, skipping further tests > 04:19:33 mail spamd[67531]: spamd: processing message > <bu6md6pbq5gvk2au46vj0aqfjqt4ec.1890692901.3...@mta714.e.homedecorators > .com> for vpopmail:89 > 04:19:44 mail spamd[67531]: check: exceeded time limit > in pms check 04:20:05 mail spamd[67537]: check: exceeded time limit, > skipping further tests > 04:20:26 mail spamd[67531]: spamd: timeout: (300 second timeout while trying > to PROCESS)
> Anything I can do to further trouble shoot this or eliminate these timeout > errors? Depends. Some messages really do take excessive amounts of time to process, see Bug 5590 for an example. Or it may be due to bayes auto-expiry. Try collecting a sample messages and test it with a command-line 'spamassassin -t -D'. Also, search for 'dbg: timing:' in a debug log and examine it, see which section consumed most of the time. Or alternatively, add 'add_header all Timing _TIMING_' to your config file, which will insert this same timing breakdown information into a header section of a checked mail. Mark
