Sophos Sweep using a lot of CPU

[Julian Field]

At 15:55 02/07/2002, you wrote:
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>  >We had a problem like that at one point - it turned out there was a
>  >big core dump file in /var/spool/mailscanner/incoming (or wherever
>  >your mailscanner working directory is).  Have a look for a core file
>  >in that directory and delete it.
>  >
>  >Steve
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>  >Steven Patterson, MSci.  Tel: +44 (0)2380 595810
>  >Electronic Information Systems Support and Development
>  >Computing Services, University of Southampton, UK.
>  >Public PGP Key: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~srp/pubkey.asc
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>Many thanks indeed. That has solved the problem immediately. There was
>a 1.2 Gb core dump in the mailscanner working directory. We have had
>two weeks of severe delays to email due to that. It would be worth adding
>to the FAQ to save other people from having the same problem.

Good idea.
Done.
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Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
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