[Mimedefang] Filter timed out

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

"David F. Skoll" wrote:

> Is the stuck message very big?  Large messages can sometimes take a long
> time to process, especially if you are using SpamAssassin.

    Ah, finally caught the culprit.  And sendmail reports:  size=246933


> - Check the message size in your filter and simplify the processing if it's
>   big.  For example, spam messages are seldom over 20-30kB; don't run
>   SpamAssassin on very large messages.

    You don't have a variable set somewhere, do you?

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