Sure enough, that error message is in the /var/log/mail.log file several
times a day. I think this may be the problem I was having. The limit is
now 5 so hopefully this will happen very infrequently now and perhaps it
will solve the problem.
Kaleb Hosie wrote:
>
>> I'm using Debian. Now the
>
> I'm using spamassassin with sendmail via spamass-milter. Many users are
> using Open Webmail to read mail, and sometimes when they try to send, the
> system hangs for 10+ seconds. Often it sends immediately however.
>
You are scanning outgoing messages. Is this really a requirement?
If not,
> I'm using Debian. Now the question is, will restoring
> maxchildren from 2 back to 5 help the problem? I will have
> to wait and see.
>
One way of telling whether this is the problem or not is to search your
maillog for an entry like the following:
Apr 27 05:59:45 mailgate spamd[23853]: pr
Ok, I did a broader search using:
cat `locate spamass | grep etc` | grep child
Turns out it's in /etc/defaults/spamassassin
I'm using Debian. Now the question is, will restoring maxchildren from 2
back to 5 help the problem? I will have to wait and see.
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> Does anyone know where the setting for max-children is?
>
> If I run 'ps aux | grep spam' I can see:
>
> That spamd is run like so:
>
> /usr/sbin/spamd --create-prefs --max-children 2
> --helper-home-dir -d --pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid
>
> However, I do not see where to specify max-children
Does anyone know where the setting for max-children is?
If I run 'ps aux | grep spam' I can see:
That spamd is run like so:
/usr/sbin/spamd --create-prefs --max-children 2 --helper-home-dir -d
--pidfile=/var/run/spamd.pid
However, I do not see where to specify max-children in any configuration
> I'm using spamassassin with sendmail via spamass-milter.
> Many users are using Open Webmail to read mail, and sometimes
> when they try to send, the system hangs for 10+ seconds.
> Often it sends immediately however.
I would start with examining your maillog (/var/log/maillog). If that
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