You might be experiencing hardware problems that only occur under load. SA/spamd uses a lot of cpu and memory cycles. If it runs long enough, on large messages, it might push the cpu past its operating range temperature, if for example, the system cooling is marginal. Likewise, marginal memory might fail only under load (due to heat or other factors, such as power drain on a marginal power supply). I'd check the fans, the PSU, and the memory in that order. You can get memtest86 off the net and run it for a while in standalone mode, for example, to see hou your system behaves under a cpu/memory intensive load with nothing else going on. After the test has run for 4 hours or so, quickly reboot and go into the BIOS and check cpu temp, fan speeds, and voltages to make sure they're in range.
Recently, we had a failure like you describe (runs for a few days, then crashes/hangs). Turned out it was a failing CPU fan. The fan would run for a bit and then get stuck. This was an older Linux/Athlon based system so there was no built in fan/temp monitoring. Ever since we changed the cpu fan, it has been running like a champ. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
