> Questions: > you stated the load went up after "only 100 messages".. 100 messages in > what timeframe? 1 hour? 1 second? > > Suggestions: > > 1) really whatever is calling spamc should be using some kind of mechanism > to limit the number of spamc's it calls. If xamime is calling out 20 > spamc's at a time, you're hosed. Make sure it calls them in a serial > fashion, or at least not more than 5 at a time in parallel. > > 2) Do not use -t 30, unless you have disabled RBLs or modify your RBL > timeout to be less than 30. If you use -x and -t 30, any RBL outage will > cause SEVERE problems. Either increase to -t 40 or add the following to > your local.cf: > rbl_timeout 10 > > 3) on a low-spec machine I'd consider disabling bayes by adding the > following to your local.cf > use_bayes 0 > You might also consider disabling RBL's entirely if you can't prevent > "landslides" as per 1. > skip_rbl_checks 1 > Certainly adding both of these options as a test to see if the problem goes > away is worthwhile.
thanks for the reply. What I also observed was, when a user used to send an email using pine mailer, which has a group addressbook, and used to send email to all that goup(which has a large list of email addresses) by including it all to CC: the server load increases rapidly. Could i have your opinion/reason about this? Mike ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
