From: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > What am I missing? - John
> >
> > OK, from the "spamd --help" output:
> > -m num, --max-children num Allow maximum num children
> >
> > So that option is positively "a spamd thing." So how does one get that
> > option into spamd? On the Mandrake test machine I have the init script
> > in /etc/init.d as "spamassassin". It includes these lines:
> > ====
>
> Ahhh, THAT's what's missing from my understanding! (plus a lot of other
> stuff!)
>
> I reviewed my spamassassin init.d script and saw the options in there. A
> comment line in there directed me to /etc/default/spamassassin (specific
to
> Debian). GUESS WHAT I FOUND IN THERE?
>
> OPTIONS="-c -m 10 -a -H"
>
> GOOD GRIEF! -m 10 and me with 512 RAM!
>
> Hope my load average will go down soon!! Thanks especially to Jason and
> jdow and **WAIT** - I see I just got a msg from Duncan that directed me
> specifically to /etc/default/spamassassin!!!
>
> So I think the -m option could be added in the init script OR the
> /etc/default/spamassassin file, but the init script is probably
overwritten
> during updates, so better to use the default file.
>
> I know Fedora Core didn't used to have the /etc/default/spamassassin file,
> so that is specific to Debian.
Um, I just look at the actual script file for the distro in use and see
where *IT* expects the options file. It works better that way.
(I know I overkilled the explanation. I hoped it would increase the
understanding better than a rote solution.)
{^_-}
