> Are those processes really zombies or does the user probably > just receive loads of mail?
they're not really zombies since they're eating up all available cpu. and the user doesn't get that much mail but when he does the processes run forever. > Have you tried limiting the number of children via the -m switch? the default used on the Shriek init.d uses -m5 but if you look at top: PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME CPU COMMAND 17983 fc 25 0 17848 6156 4 R 19.9 3.9 43:49 0 spamd 18911 fc 25 0 17920 9724 4 R 19.9 6.1 33:07 0 spamd 19103 fc 25 0 17912 6560 4 R 19.9 4.1 21:49 0 spamd 19274 fc 25 0 18060 7412 4 R 19.5 4.7 15:12 0 spamd 19210 fc 25 0 18108 6744 4 R 19.2 4.2 18:01 0 spamd you see how long they run and how busy they are. I did find this, which offers no resolution but at least verifies the problem exists in other platforms: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg25302 .html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Malte S. Stretz Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 3:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SAtalk] Re: spamd piling up - just killing me On Sunday 07 December 2003 22:56 CET Erick Calder wrote: > ok. I'm now running 2.60 but with same results. curiously, as with > Cheryl's problem, I mostly seem to have one user with the problem... and > from what I can tell there is nothing remarkable about that user's > account... Are those processes really zombies or does the user probably just receive loads of mail? Have you tried limiting the number of children via the -m switch? Cheers, Malte -- [SGT] Simon G. Tatham: "How to Report Bugs Effectively" <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html> [ESR] Eric S. Raymond: "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
