[Spambayes] SpamBayes crashes silently on Mac OS X

[Kevin Yank]

Hi Skip,

skip at pobox.com wrote:
>     Kevin> I’m using the latest SpamBayes package for Mac OS X from
>     Kevin> http://entrian.com/sbwiki/MacOSXPackage.
>
>     Kevin> Although SpamBayes runs perfectly for several days following
>     Kevin> installation, I find that after about a week of use (and
>     Kevin> training) the SpamBayes pop3proxy begins to crash silently while
>     Kevin> I am in the process of downloading email. 
>     ...
>     Kevin> Any tips for diagnosing/correcting this issue?
>
> I have a few questions.  First, what kind of database are you using with
> SpamBayes (setting of persistent_use_database config parameter)?

dbm

> Second, are you accessing the database from multiple applications simultaneously?
>   

Almost certainly not. The only application that is accessing it is
Thunderbird.

> Third, can you run sb_server.py under control of a debugger and let me know
> where it's executing when it crashes?  If you need help with that last
> request, contact me offline.
>   

I’ll see what I can manage. I don’t have much experience with Python,
but I should be able to figure it out.

Is there a log file someplace that might help? I can’t seem to find one.

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Kevin Yank