spamd takes a long time to scan

[Jon Dossey <JD...@deltahealthgroup.com>]

Redhat FC2, spamassassin-3.0.1, spamass-milter 0.2.0

This is a Compaq DL360 (Dual 1.3ghz Xeon with 1GB of RAM, 36.4 U320 scsi
raid 0+1).

Dec  6 09:25:30 dhgsrv17 spamd[1781]: clean message (0.1/5.0) for
root:500 in 15.2 seconds, 1531 bytes.

15.2 seconds to scan a message that simply contained:

"Subject: test1
Test1
http://www.surbl-org-permanent-test-point.com/"

(obviously I'm testing SURBL)

Any idea why its taking so long?  Running an older version of
spamassassin on a 233mhz PII scans take only about 5-6 seconds.

Thanks,
.jon


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Re: spamd takes a long time to scan

[Theo Van Dinter <fe...@kluge.net>]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 09:47:02AM -0600, Jon Dossey wrote:
> Dec  6 09:25:30 dhgsrv17 spamd[1781]: clean message (0.1/5.0) for
> root:500 in 15.2 seconds, 1531 bytes.
> 
> Any idea why its taking so long?  Running an older version of
> spamassassin on a 233mhz PII scans take only about 5-6 seconds.

You're very likely having network test timeouts.  Make sure you have Net::DNS
and your nameservers configured correctly.

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Re: spamd takes a long time to scan

[Matt Kettler <mk...@evi-inc.com>]

At 10:47 AM 12/6/2004, Jon Dossey wrote:
>Redhat FC2, spamassassin-3.0.1, spamass-milter 0.2.0
>
>This is a Compaq DL360 (Dual 1.3ghz Xeon with 1GB of RAM, 36.4 U320 scsi
>raid 0+1).
>
>Dec  6 09:25:30 dhgsrv17 spamd[1781]: clean message (0.1/5.0) for
>root:500 in 15.2 seconds, 1531 bytes.
>
>15.2 seconds to scan a message that simply contained:

*shrug*.. does this happen often, or once in a while?

The reason I ask is SA does bayes and AWL database maintenance sometimes.

Otherwise, I'd consider running a similar message through with spamd 
running in debug mode.. see if the RBL timeouts are getting you, or some 
such thing.. (15 seconds sounds suspiciously like razor delays, if you use 
razor)