Re: Rebuilding SpamProbe database

Thomas Sch?rger wrote:
> 
> what is the best way to clean (i.e., export and import) a SpamProbe 
> database to reduce
> its size?
> 
> Some readme.txt suggests using
> 
> cd ~
> mkdir new.spamprobe
> spamprobe export | spamprobe -d new.spamprobe import
> mv .spamprobe old.spamprobe
> mv new.spamprobe .spamprobe
> 
> Is this feasible on a production system where mail can come in at any 
> time? I've experienced serious issues with that (SpamProbe hanging, 

I think it is not hanging. spamprobe locks the database while
exporting (try "fstat ~/.spamprobe/lock" at the moment of exporting),
therefore other spamprobe processes have to wait

> qmail lockups, 

for the same reason maybe. 

> destroyed
> SpamProbe databases). 

And this happens even without any reason with BDB.


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Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
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