Server Configuration for Mail Scanner

[Julian Field]

At 08:42 08/05/2004, you wrote:
>I'm running Mailscanner on Dual XEON 2.4, 2 G RAM
>We receive a minimum of 128k message a day
>Load on server ranges between 6 and 10
>Is this typical, or I have a problem in my system, and that's why I have
>high load on the server/

A high load when running MailScanner is perfectly normal. It works your
server very hard!
You should only worry if your incoming mail queue starts to get really big.
With 128k messages per day, it might well run with an average of 100-200
messages apparently just sitting in the incoming queue, that's normal too.
But if it keeps growing, then your server is not keeping up with the
traffic. At that point you should start investigating ways of optimising
your setup.
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Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
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