Spam Filter ISP Forums : Spamfilter using all CPU https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/ Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:33:23 +0000 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:08:06 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.04 360 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6733 <![CDATA[Spam Filter ISP Forums]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/ <![CDATA[Spamfilter using all CPU : roar,Unfortunately there was nothing...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13139&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13139 Author: LogSat
Subject: 6733
Posted: 21 August 2009 at 2:08pm

roar,

Unfortunately there was nothing that can help pinpoint the issue with 100% certainty. We did see a sharp spike in incoming connections (see below) at around 9:20AM, but that should not have caused the CPU to be high, especially if you had set the max connections to 20.

It is instead likely that the problem is caused simply by the size of the Bayesian corpus database. To try reducing it, can you please change the value of the parameter:
CleanUpCorpusIntervalDays=7

in the SpamFilter.ini file to about one third or one forth of your current value? For example, if right now you have a value of 7, trying changing that to 2. This should cause old entries in the Bayesian database to be removed sooner, thus hopefully reducing its size to a more manageable 10MB-20MB.


]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:08:06 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13139&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13139 <![CDATA[Spamfilter using all CPU : Had to enable bayesian filter...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13131&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13131 Author: roaridse
Subject: 6733
Posted: 20 August 2009 at 3:41am

Had to enable bayesian filter again - got too much spam...
 
The serverload was fine without bayesian filtering.
 
Any new status with the log i sent?`
 
]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:41:23 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13131&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13131 <![CDATA[Spamfilter using all CPU : db.dat : 80458KB db.dat.prb:...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13119&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13119 Author: roaridse
Subject: 6733
Posted: 14 August 2009 at 3:24am

db.dat : 80458KB
db.dat.prb: 73397KB
 
Now Bayesian filter has been disabled.
 
 
Roar
]]> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:24:33 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13119&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13119 <![CDATA[Spamfilter using all CPU : roar,We don&#039;t see anything...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13118&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13118 Author: LogSat
Subject: 6733
Posted: 13 August 2009 at 11:16pm

roar,

We don't see anything unusual in the activity logfile after an initial analysis. The log is rather large, so we'll be taking another more in depth look after this.

In the meantime, could you please try disabling the Bayesian filter (and also disable the "learn new incoming emails" option on the same settings tab) to see if it helps? Could you let us know the size of the db.dat and db.dat.prb files in the \SpamFilter\Corpus directory?
]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:16:05 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13118&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13118 <![CDATA[Spamfilter using all CPU : In Hyper-v or Virtual Server 2005,...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13116&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13116 Author: WebGuyz
Subject: 6733
Posted: 13 August 2009 at 9:07am

In Hyper-v or Virtual Server 2005, having a single CPU for spamfilter was not enough. In Hyper-v you can assign number of virtual CPU's and I currently use 4 for my Spamfilter servers. Not sure but assume VMware has something similar where you can overcommit CPU. Try giving it max resources then backing off a little at a time.]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:07:03 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13116&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13116 <![CDATA[Spamfilter using all CPU : Thanks for reply. We run the...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13115&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13115 Author: roaridse
Subject: 6733
Posted: 13 August 2009 at 3:27am

Thanks for reply.
 
We run the server in an VMWare ESX environment - I'm not sure that this will apply here as well?
 
The server has been running fine since january/february..
 
 
]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:27:02 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13115&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13115 <![CDATA[Spamfilter using all CPU : Roar,Can you please zip and email...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13111&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13111 Author: LogSat
Subject: 6733
Posted: 12 August 2009 at 10:13pm

Roar,

Can you please zip and email us your SpamFilter's activity logfile for a day this happened, so we can scan it for errors? IF the file is over 8MB in size, please upload it to our FTP server. I'll provide the login information via a PM.
]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:13:20 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13111&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13111 <![CDATA[Spamfilter using all CPU : Are you by any chance using it...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13110&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13110 Author: WebGuyz
Subject: 6733
Posted: 12 August 2009 at 11:54am

Are you by any chance using it on a guest OS under Hyper-v or Virtual Server? It needs at least 2 CPU's or if using it under Virtual Server 2005 then give it a larger percentage of  the overal cpu.
 
If stand alone server then I have no clue. Confused
 
 
]]> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:54:21 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13110&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13110 <![CDATA[Spamfilter using all CPU : Hi, during the summer we have...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=6733&PID=13109&title=spamfilter-using-all-cpu#13109 Author: roaridse
Subject: 6733
Posted: 12 August 2009 at 6:21am

Hi,
 
during the summer we have had some problems where spamfilter uses all cpu and being slow responding.
 
Sometimes it will help restarting the service - for several hours, and sometimes just for 10 minutes.
 
It looked a bit like a dos-attack or something, but even after limiting simultaneus connections to just 20 it uses all cpu - and after starting it will use all cpu even with 1-2 connections.
 
 
The process uses about between 650MB and 1,2GB of memory, which is fine.
 
Upgrading to version 4.1.2.812 did not help either.
 
 
Any hints?
 
 
 
Best Regards,
Roar Idsøe
 
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