Hi, I have a postfix mail receiving server. On this I have setup amavisd-new 2.6.4 (with Spamassassin 3.3.1 and ClamAV).
Earlier I have 2 (default) amavisd-new processes running. Recently when more of my mails started to go into Postfix deferred queue, I increased the number of amavisd-new processes to 4 and did the corresponding changes in /etc/amavisd.conf and master.cf for number of processes (changed 'maxproc') . My machine config is as : 4GB RAM, AMD Opteron (tm) Processor 885 @ 2.6 GHz Since then my CPU utilization shows 100% and one of the amavisd processes seems to be stuck and I had to restart amavisd to resolve this issue. But this reoccurs again after a short span of time. Here is the output from amavisd-nanny , You can see one of the process that is always stuck in "content checking just started". States legend: A accepted a connection b begin with a protocol for accepting a request m 'MAIL FROM' smtp command started a new transaction in the same session d transferring data from MTA to amavisd = content checking just started G generating and verifying unique mail_id D decoding of mail parts V virus scanning S spam scanning P pen pals database lookup and updates r preparing results Q quarantining and preparing/sending notifications F forwarding mail to MTA . content checking just finished sp space indicates idle (elapsed bar is showing dots) PID 00613: 00613-10 0:00:01 =S PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:37 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:24 .........:.........:.... PID 01288: . 0:00:22 .........:.........:.. PID 00613: 00613-10 0:00:03 =SSS PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:39 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:26 .........:.........:...... PID 01288: 0:00:24 .........:.........:.... PID 00613: 00613-10 0:00:05 =SSSSS PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:41 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:28 .........:.........:........ PID 01288: 0:00:26 .........:.........:...... PID 00613: 00613-10 0:00:08 =SSSSSSF PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:43 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:30 .........:.........:.........: PID 01288: 0:00:28 .........:.........:........ PID 00613: . 0:00:10 .........: PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:45 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:32 .........:.........:.........:.. PID 01288: 0:00:30 .........:.........:.........: PID 00613: 0:00:12 .........:.. PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:47 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:35 .........:.........:.........:..... PID 01288: 0:00:32 .........:.........:.........:.. PID 00613: 0:00:14 .........:.... PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:49 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:37 .........:.........:.........:..... PID 01288: 0:00:34 .........:.........:.........:.... PID 00613: 0:00:16 .........:...... PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:51 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:39 .........:.........:.........:..... PID 01288: 0:00:36 .........:.........:.........:..... PID 00613: 0:00:18 .........:........ PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:53 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:41 .........:.........:.........:..... PID 01288: 0:00:38 .........:.........:.........:..... PID 00613: 0:00:20 .........:.........: PID 00865: 00865-04 0:01:55 =========:=========:=========:===S> PID 01198: 0:00:43 .........:.........:.........:..... PID 01288: 0:00:40 .........:.........:.........:..... Is it a problem? Also if it is so , why is this happening and what changes/fixes I need to do to circumvent this problem? Thanks in advance Ashish Sharma ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user Please visit http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/ regularly For administrativa requests please send email to rainer at openantivirus dot org
