On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:06:31 -0700 (PDT), "email builder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > We are using Courier-MTA, which includes pop, imap, and webmail in a > > single package. ClamAV is called from amavisd-new and SA is called > > (as spamc/spamd) by maildrop prior to delivery. > > What kind of traffic do you handle? What is your typical system load? > How much CPU does > spamd take? What is your max-children for spamd?
We use a single-processor Athlon 1.5GHz with 768MB RAM for SpamAssassin. It does nothing but run mail through spamd and relay it inside our network. Max-children is set at 50. I think if you're using amavisd-new you probably want to watch your RAM utilization though, IIRC it uses a lot more than plain-jane spamd, which is already big. RAM availability is more important than CPU power. Normal system load averages 0.15, with about 5 spamd processes running. Peak load varies, very occasionally going above 8, with around 30 spamd processes at once. This system has been processing about 20,000 messages per day lately. -- snowjack(a)fastmail.fm
