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Dan Wilder writes: >On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 12:21:52AM +0000, Daniel M. Drucker wrote: >> > Yes, the situation I'm talking about is lots of spamd processes running at >> > once using lots of memory. (Not to mention the local delivery processes >> > running at the same time as well) >> > >> > Spamd using 800MB of ram is a bug, and one which I've never encountered >> > yet in months of using spamd, so it's probably something to do with your >> > particular config.....(perhaps a bug or corrupt installation of your >> > version of Perl ?) >> >> I've encountered exactly this problem ever since upgrading to 2.60; >> several times a day my system suddenly goes from having 1 or 2 spamds >> to having 40 or 50 of them. It goes into swap, the load average goes >> up to sixty or more, and the machine grinds to a halt. >> >> I've set up a perl script to kill all spamds and restart the spamd >> service if it sees more than 10 instances, but that's a hack - I'd >> rather just see the problem solved... > >We've had a similar script running since 2.55 but it hasn't triggered >since I constrainde the number of child processes allowed using the >"-m" flag. About 50,000 emails a week, 2/3 spam, being processed by >a dedicated spamd server having a 600 mHz processor and 384 megs RAM. > >Have you tried starting spamd with the "-m" flag to limit >the number of copies? *Please* use -m, or a similar MTA-based scheme (like Postfix' local-concurrent-delivery limits). It's *vital*. There's nothing to stop many MTAs from launching as many processes as they like, if a burst of 500 messages comes in in 1 second, for example. Even with a much simpler mail filter than SpamAssassin, that'll kill most systems. - --j. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh CVS iD8DBQE/kxOYQTcbUG5Y7woRAheBAJ9e/pXRpyYxWR0Uo6WF1xnAPIcX5gCffKjn U+NwYLyiezV2mUQj2ZcwkwQ= =EC3d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email sponsored by: Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo The Event For Linux Datacenter Solutions & Strategies in The Enterprise Linux in the Boardroom; in the Front Office; & in the Server Room http://www.enterpriselinuxforum.com _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
