System load is very high because of MailScanner

[Ugo Bellavance]

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BG Mahesh wrote:
>>>
>>># 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?
>>
> 
> 
> Yes..the system is used as our mailserver. No other development work etc goes on this machine. It process mail and just mail

Cool, then don't worry too much about the load.  I've seen systems with
very high load running perfectly.

Just make sure your delay is not too long and that your load isn't
continuously going up.

Cheers,

Ugo

> 
> --
> B.G. Mahesh
> bg.mahesh at indiainfo.com
> http://www.indiainfo.com/
> 
> 

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