Mailscanner eating my resources. I just can't fix it. Help!

[Michele Neylon : Blacknight Solutions]

On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 00:09, Robert Borkowski wrote:

>
> No, it's not swapping, but the swap file is enabled and works.
>
> Of course that system load of 1 is not critical, but if I will leave my
> machine for 12 hours
> I will have 6 and more. All because of those "continuously running"
> processes.
>
> I've narrow the problem to the bayes system. When I turn it off, all is
> just fine.
> CPU usage < 5%, system load < 1. No mail waiting in the queue.in to be
> processes
> by MailScanner/SpamAssassin.
>
How big is your Bayes?
We had a few issues with older versions of MS and Bayes where we ended
up with huge files etc., which led to problems all over the place.
The starter Bayes provided by Steve in FSL.com is a handy tool

HTH

M

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