System load is very high because of MailScanner

[Ugo Bellavance]

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BG Mahesh wrote:
>>Ugo draws the same conclusion.  How many child process do you have
>>configured?
>>
> 
> 
> # As a rough guide, try 5 children per CPU. But read the notes above.
> Max Children = 5
> 
> I guess I have to change it to 10 and see how things work as we have a dual processor

You can try it out, it might help or not though, depending on many
factors.  As other said, the message delay is the only factor that's
always a good indication.

Is this a dedicated MailScanner machine?

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