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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are running MailScanner version 4.21-9 on a Red
Hat 8.0 Dual processor Intel box. It has been running great since it was
install on the new system in April. It was running under Red Hat 6.2
previously.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>here are the problems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1st the number of Virii caught has dropped like a
rock. The daily average was 3-400 and it's now down to 2-4 We can
trace the change back to last Wednesday when the MailScanner service was
restarted. The log files show that Mailscanner is scanning email finding virii
or spam marking it and sending it on it's way. Sophs is the virus software
that is running on this system and this has been kept up to date both via the
monthly CD and the automated process. The automated process runs hourly. It does
not seem possible that the number of Virii has decreased this much. That's very
hard to swallow..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2nd problem. Mailscanner is Consuming a Huge amount
of CPU. Like 90% of each CPU. It's MailScanner, because if you stop the Service
the CPU use Drops to near zero. There is plenty of Diskspace available and
the system does not seem to be I/O bound. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone have suggestions?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill<BR>----------<BR>William R.
Mahler<BR>IIT<BR>Ithaca City School District<BR><A
href="mailto:wmahler@icsd.k12.ny.us">wmahler@icsd.k12.ny.us</A><BR>phone ( 607)
274-6802<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>