[Mimedefang] MIMEDefang timeouts (again) (fwd)

[Mitch at 0Bits.COM]

Thanks to Davids help on how to manually run MD on a rogue email,
i've trapped this bug !

After a lot of printf()'s in mimedefang.pl, it appeared that Unix::Syslog
was hanging the process.

I retrieved the latest from

	http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Unix

and everything is now fine !!!

Anyone seeing wierd timeouts (after disabling razor, rbl and co) should
try upgrading syslog perl module first - it definetly worked for me.

Cheers
M

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] MIMEDefang timeouts (again) (fwd)
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:51:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: David F. Skoll <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
Reply-To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 Mitch at 0bits.com wrote:

> Unfortunately it doesn't fix the problem. I added the following
> to /etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-mimedefang.cf

Add the "-k" flag to mimedefang so it keeps the failed directory
around.  Then run the perl filter "by hand" like this:

	cd /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mdefang-whatever
	rm -rf Work
	mimedefang.pl .

and see if you can figure out why it's choking.

Regards,

David.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 17:37:20 +0100 (BST)
From: Mitch at 0Bits.COM
To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
Cc: David F. Skoll <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] MIMEDefang timeouts (again) (fwd)


Hi,

Unfortunately it doesn't fix the problem. I added the following
to /etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-mimedefang.cf

	use_pyzor 0
	use_razor1 0
	use_razor2 0
	use_dcc 0

(skip_rbl_checks is already defined as 1), and restarted MD and
sendmail and just a couple of minutes ago:

Jul  9 17:16:56 core sm-mta[27245]: h69GGsoJ027245: from=<linux-usb-devel-admin at lists.sourceforge.net>, size=2913, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<E19a912-0001Oa-2n at externalmx.vasoftware.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=lists.sourceforge.net [66.35.250.206]
Jul  9 17:18:56 core mimedefang[27247]: Error from multiplexor: ERR Filter timed out - check filter rules or system load
Jul  9 17:18:56 core sm-mta[27245]: h69GGsoJ027245: Milter: data, reject=451 4.7.1 Please try again later
Jul  9 17:18:56 core sm-mta[27245]: h69GGsoJ027245: to=<mitch at 0bits.com>, delay=00:02:01, pri=140349, stat=Please try again later

Any other suggestions or how i can debug this further much appreciated.
M

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 15:52:28 +0100 (BST)
From: Mitch at 0Bits.COM
To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
Cc: David F. Skoll <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] MIMEDefang timeouts (again)


Hi,

I assume you mean SA's Razor (i don't believe MD supports
it internally). Well unless it's the default for SA, i've
not explicitly enabled it in /etc/mail/sa-mimedefang.cf no.

However looking at

	man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf

looks like use_razor[12] is on by default.

I'll switch it off and post if it fixes the problem.
Thanks for the quick reply. Maybe a good candidate for
the FAQ if it fixes the problem ?

Cheers
M

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] MIMEDefang timeouts (again)
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 10:39:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: David F. Skoll <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
Reply-To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
References: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0307091135590.8816 at mx.homelinux.com>

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 Mitch at 0bits.com wrote:

> Jul  9 11:33:45 core mimedefang[8743]: Error from multiplexor: ERR
Filter timed out - check filter rules or system load

Are you doing any network-related tests at all?  RBL lookups, Razor,
DCC, etc?  On lightly-loaded machines that experience timeouts, network
tests are usually the culprit.

Regards,

David.
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