Okay running in stand alone mode did not help.  SpamFilter program took all my memory and maxed out the CPU again.  I set the bayesian filter to 0% to see if that helps.

Hillard

Thanks, I downloaded and installed the MDAC 2.8.  Hopefully that will fix the problem.  After install I ran the CC and it verified MDAC 2.8, I did not run it before install I am pretty sure I had version 2.6 something and not 2.8.

I would suggest upgrading to Windows 2000 server at the minimum. How much memory do you have. Is the server an older one or is it new? I have not had any of the problems you describe and have been running SF 2.302/MSSQL MDAC 2.8 since it was released.

I know that when I ran SF 1.2 on an NT 4.0 server it was rather slow. Once I put it on the 2000 server everything ran fast and error free.

I would also suggest using SQL instead of Access. Moving the data storage off the local hard drive will improve performance tremendously. When using Access the hard drive will have twice as much activity since both the queue folder and the database file will be written to at nearly or at the same time.

>Can you "indulge me"?  Please run wth the "Disable Connections Grid" check box NOT >set and when the cpu goes high, are there a lot of RCPT TO's that are not going away?  >Also, make sure that you go to the quarantine grid and "hide" the quarantine.

Okay, I had both disabled or turned off.  I have turned back on the connections grid to watch it.  I do remember when it hits seeing a lot of  "Current Outbound Connections" and "Current Inbound Connections" when the problem is occuring.  Disable the bayesian and the numbers start coming down in a few minutes and so does the CPU and memory usage.  One other person recommended putting the quarantine on another server instead of the spam filter box and I know Access is not as good as SQL (I have some MySQL servers running that if I have to I can put the quarantine on them, I just was trying to keep it all on one server).

Hillard

Hillard,

I know nothing about access except that it has issues if it gets very large.  I am running MS-SQL on the same server as SpamFilter and have no problems in that area.  What I am looking for is with Bayes enabled, do you show a ton of "Stale" connections that do not seem to go away when your problem is happening?  If so, please email me directly at daseligmann at hotmail dot com.  We may have a common issue that has no obvious (yet) cause.  Also, do you have a feel for what your total daily message volume is?  And do you receive LOTS of large (10Meg plus) attachments?

Regards,

Dan S.

You should be able to run the database on the same box without issue.

|On our servers when Bayesian is disabled the memory is 20-30MB without any trouble.
|When our SF memory reaches above 300MB with Bayesian enabled, it starts acking |strange. (It normally runs about 50-70MB) The memory climbs higher, the CPU will hang |at 100% more often and the concurrent connections starts climbing and stay higher then |normal until I restart SF service.

Okay, that is what happens to me.  Without the bayesian filter running I run about 30MB for the SpamFiltersvc.  When I enable the bayesian the memory usage goes way up, even over 300MB and the CPU stays at 100% and the concurrent connections climb and stay high, this all takes a number of hours for it to hit. Sometimes I can get the numbers to go down when I turn off the bayesian and sometimes I have to turn off the bayesian and restart the service.

I installed the 306 patch and still got the same problem.

Another thing is even when I have the bayesian filter enabled I fail to see any messages marked as being found by it, only my keyword, other blacklists and reverse dns marked messages. My corpus is Spam=29171 and Good=56842; however, still nothing marked by it when I have it enabled.  Is this because I have keyword filter entries?

Hillard