I realized that I can pull the backups for the last couple of weeks and see what is different between them. Interesting results.
On 01/15: -rw------- 1 1272 Jan 15 20:04 bayes_journal -rw------- 1 43421696 Jan 15 20:03 bayes_seen -rw------- 1 5042176 Jan 15 20:03 bayes_toks 0.000 0 3 0 non-token data: bayes db version 0.000 0 25735 0 non-token data: nspam 0.000 0 47082 0 non-token data: nham 0.000 0 118870 0 non-token data: ntokens 0.000 0 1358129333 0 non-token data: oldest atime 0.000 0 1358305649 0 non-token data: newest atime 0.000 0 1360353964 0 non-token data: last journal sync atime 0.000 0 1358305654 0 non-token data: last expiry atime 0.000 0 172800 0 non-token data: last expire atime delta 0.000 0 1456 0 non-token data: last expire reduction count On 01/22: -rw------- 1 46704 Jan 22 19:59 bayes_journal -rw------- 1 43663360 Jan 22 19:58 bayes_seen -rw------- 1 5373952 Jan 22 19:58 bayes_toks 0.000 0 3 0 non-token data: bayes db version 0.000 0 26480 0 non-token data: nspam 0.000 0 50182 0 non-token data: nham 0.000 0 123870 0 non-token data: ntokens 0.000 0 1358734372 0 non-token data: oldest atime 0.000 0 1358910216 0 non-token data: newest atime 0.000 0 1360354143 0 non-token data: last journal sync atime 0.000 0 1358906886 0 non-token data: last expiry atime 0.000 0 172800 0 non-token data: last expire atime delta 0.000 0 1300 0 non-token data: last expire reduction count On 01/29: -rw------- 1 3624 Jan 29 20:07 bayes_journal -rw------- 1 77619200 Jan 29 20:03 bayes_seen -rw------- 1 5447680 Jan 29 20:07 bayes_toks 0.000 0 3 0 non-token data: bayes db version 0.000 0 276 0 non-token data: nspam 0.000 0 53159 0 non-token data: nham 0.000 0 145782 0 non-token data: ntokens 0.000 0 1359166043 0 non-token data: oldest atime 0.000 0 1359515005 0 non-token data: newest atime 0.000 0 1360354262 0 non-token data: last journal sync atime 0.000 0 1359515271 0 non-token data: last expiry atime 0.000 0 345600 0 non-token data: last expire atime delta 0.000 0 1477 0 non-token data: last expire reduction count Clearly something blew up in the last week. 01/15: nspam:25735 nham:47082 ntokens:118870 01/22: nspam:26480 nham:50182 ntokens:123870 01/29: nspam:276 nham:53159 ntokens:145782 I will restore to the 01/22 version and wait and see if it happens again. If it does then I suspect some rollover problem. If it does not then I suspect a transient file lock glitch of some sort. Bob
