Spamassassin very slow

[James Tanis]

"lyd mc" <alydiomc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> What causes spamassassin to slow?
>
> Here is my config:
>
> snippet from sendmail.mc
> .. <cut> ..
>
> I have .procmailrc in every home directory of my mail users and it goes
like
> this:

So if I'm understanding you correctly.. your calling spamc from a sendmail
milter *and* .procmailrc. That's pretty redundant and would definately slow
you down. Choose one based on your needs.

>
> I also have RulesDuJour installed and spammassassin --lint does complain
about
> it.
>

Extra rules can slow you down regardless of syntax, but most computers
created this decade can handle RulesDuJour fine. Personally I think your
main problem is that your effectively spam checking every message twice. The
spamassassin queues most likely get filled followed by sendmail having to
wait and queue up the slack.
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James Tanis
Technical Coordinator
Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School
e: jtanis at mdchs.org