Bug#283460: Large log files in .bogofilter

[David Relson]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 05:45:47 -0500
Clint Adams wrote:

> > The current release of Bogofilter produces a number of large files
> > in the.bogofilter directory, where previously there was only one
> > "wordlist.db" file. Especially the accumulating log files suggest
> > that there is a problem with the interface between Bogofilter and
> > the Berkeley DB system. Suggestion: look into the "autoclean"
> > feature of the 4.2 Berkeley release.
> 
> There is unreleased code for such a config setting; currently you
> would need to make your own DB_CONFIG file though.
> 
> > Some bogoutil actions now lead to error messages:
> > $ bogoutil -c 1 -m .bogofilter/wordlist.db
> > Lock table is out of available locks
> > bogoutil: (db) DB->del('subj:signup'), err: 12, Cannot allocate
> > memory
> 
> I believe this is addressed in the FAQ.

Indeed it is!  Also, google is your friend.  Given a message such as
this, try googling for

   bogofilter +"whatever message you got"

When I tried it yesterday, the first hit is bogofilter's FAQ.

Hint, also read about db_archive and look at the db_copy script that's
on the sourceforge download page for bogofilter.

David