[Spambayes] RE: Huge Log File - Over 13GB in Size

[Coe, Bob]

I have not been able to reproduce this problem, either when offline from my Exchange server at work or when unconnected to my home POP3 server. The address of the POP3 server doesn't get resolved by DNS, but does appear in a HOSTS file. I'd think that would be sufficient to trigger the problem, but I guess it isn't. I use Outlook 2000 with Windows XP Pro SP2.

Bob

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: spambayes-bounces+rcoe=cambridgema.gov at python.org
> [mailto:spambayes-bounces+rcoe=cambridgema.gov at python.org]On Behalf Of
> Tony Meyer
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:32 PM
> To: 'Ian Halderman'; spambayes at python.org
> Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Huge Log File - Over 13GB in Size
> 
> 
> > We recently installed Spam Bayes on our network and 
> > everything appeared to be ok until one of our users ran out 
> > of disk space , and we discovered a SpamBayes log file in 
> > excess of 13GB !
> > 
> > Our Questions:
> > 
> > Why is this happening ?
> 
> If you try to connect to the mail server and it is unavailable, and you are
> using the 1.0.3 binary or Python 2.4 with source, and the DNS lookup
> succeeds even though the connection fails, then an error message is written
> to the log until SpamBayes is restarted or reconfigured.  
> (This is a bug with Python, IMO).
> 
> > How can we shut off the log file ?
> 
> You cannot.  (With the binary.  If you run from source you can do whatever
> you like).
> 
> > How can we limit, and or control the maximum size of the log file ?
> 
> You cannot.  (With the binary.  If you run from source you can do whatever
> you like).
> 
> A solution for this has been checked in, so will appear in the next release.
> For the moment, if you cannot guarantee that the mail client will only check
> for mail when the server is reachable, then you will need to either use
> 1.0.1 or run 1.0.3 from source with Python 2.3, or run CVS head with Python
> 2.2/2.3/2.4.
> 
> =Tony.Meyer