qydlqcwsiacfymissuesapacheorg httpissuesapacheorgspamassassinshow_bugcgiid5644 additional comments user7gvcceaschallengecc 20071113 0053 reply comment 4 general note im observing occasional similar degenarete cases also reported mailing list time time ever since change made onelineatatime rule application perparagraph rule application cases frequent hit unusual cause massive disruption mail flow mostly mail comes multiple similar instances period admittedly often mainstream sare rules take worst hit problem exclusive sare rules spamassassin takes period client willing wait depending setup timedout mail may stay mta queue retry aggreviating situation situation quite unfortunate someone want cause dos hard target couple problematic rules devise crafted message purposely cause lengthy regexp evaluation wonder good situation reputation service folks depend upon run mostly unattended apart reverting perline regexps expense accuracy dont good solution perhaps limiting paragraphs size maybe compressing spans 3 occurrences characters applying rules think discuss reverting back perline regexps agree thoughts regarding reliability etc shall open bug receiving mail assignee bug watching assignee thu 07 aug 2008 164206 0800 bug 5644 message sends bodyevalcheck_stock_info hard loop