On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 12:18:10AM -0400, Debbie D wrote: > 3 times today I noticed the server running very high loads of 4-6 and as > high as 10, normally I run 1% or lower usually closer to .3-.6%. Three days > in a row I have gotten over load notices.. Tonight I got an out of memory > notice and jumped right on to tail the mail log.. The sheer amount of spam > was pouring in at amazing rates.. I grabed upwards of 50 domians names and > IP's and plopped them into the Reject the following Users/Hosts/Domains .. > the loads came down fairly quick after that but this is making me nervous to > be frank.. any suggestions??
First, make sure you're using spamc/spamd and not invoking "spamassassin" to save yourself some load. Secondly, set a limit on the max # of active spamd connections you permit. See the -m switch to spamd. Try setting it to maybe 5 or 10 and work upwards from there. HTH. ------------------------------------------------------- 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
