Re: [exim] Timeout with spamassassin

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Author: W B Hacker
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] Timeout with spamassassin
Reinhard Haller wrote:

> W B Hacker schrieb:
>
>>Balzi Andrea wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>Some time I've the follow message in to main.log file:
>>>
>>>spam acl condition: error reading from spamd socket: Connection timed
>>>out
>>>
>>>How can increase the time out delay?
>>>
>>>Andrea
>>>
>>
>>Sounds as if you are not limiting maximum size to be scanned, or not by enough,
>> and are hitting a huge attachment now and then.
>>
>
>
> This happens often when spamassassin is updating the Bayes-Database.
> I've set up a cron job which forces the updating every hour (sa-learn
> --force-expire).
>
> Not really a solution but it helps a little bit.
>
> Reinhard
>


Ah, so!

We don't let SA run SPAM_BAYES at all.

Too little gain for the pain.

Bill