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Noah | 3 Sep 2011 20:01

Command time limit exceeded:, "/usr/bin/procmail"

Hi,

so I am receiving notifications that sometimes incoming mail is bouncing 
due to 'Command time limit exceeded:    "/usr/bin/procmail"'

What is the best way to figure out what is causing this.  I am running 
spamd and also invoking spamc from the .procmailrc .

what is the best method to controlling spam?  using spamd or having a 
local invocation of spamc in each users' homedir .procmailrc ?

here is my procmailrc -  is this file fairly complete or are there other 
options I should be considering?

--- snip ---

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH
HOME=/home/≤user>
MAILIN=$HOME/mail
DEFAULT=/var/mail/≤user>
#MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail
#LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from
LOCKFILE=/var/mail/≤user>.lock
NULL=/dev/null

:0fw: spamassassin.lock
| /usr/bin/spamc

:0
* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
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Michael J Wise | 3 Sep 2011 21:18
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Re: Command time limit exceeded:, "/usr/bin/procmail"


On Sep 3, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Noah wrote:

> I am running spamd and also invoking spamc from the .procmailrc .

Don't.
Invoke that stuff from outside, somehow.

Typically people either use a Policy Daemon, or run the mail thru AmavisD "New".

Aloha,
Michael.
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Noah | 4 Sep 2011 19:34

Re: Command time limit exceeded:, "/usr/bin/procmail"

On 9/3/11 12:18 PM, Michael J Wise wrote:
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> On Sep 3, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Noah wrote:
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>> I am running spamd and also invoking spamc from the .procmailrc .
>
> Don't.
> Invoke that stuff from outside, somehow.

you mean dont invoke from the .procmailrc

>
> Typically people either use a Policy Daemon, or run the mail thru AmavisD "New".
>

I will check this out.  when you mention the Policy daemon - do you have 
an example program here or are you referring to spamd?

Cheers,
Noah

> Aloha,
> Michael.
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Michael J Wise | 4 Sep 2011 22:17
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Re: Command time limit exceeded:, "/usr/bin/procmail"


On Sep 4, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Noah wrote:

> On 9/3/11 12:18 PM, Michael J Wise wrote:
>> 
>> On Sep 3, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Noah wrote:
>> 
>>> I am running spamd and also invoking spamc from the .procmailrc .
>> 
>> Don't.
>> Invoke that stuff from outside, somehow.
> 
> you mean dont invoke from the .procmailrc
> 
>> Typically people either use a Policy Daemon, or run the mail thru AmavisD "New".
> 
> I will check this out.  when you mention the Policy daemon - do you have an example program here or are you
referring to spamd?

Policy Daemon is a Postfix-ism.
Most modern MTAs will have an equivalent.
The idea is a light-weight process that runs at "Envelope" time to do spam processing.

Aloha,
Michael.
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