Will, What you probably have are users bulk-mailing through your server (evidenced by the GSE files), issues with running both IMail Antispam and Declude, and choosing a much slower than optimal virus scanner as your one an only engine in a CPU-challenged environment. There could well be issues with fragmentation and not enough disks as well. The reports that you shared are somewhat inconclusive, primarily because running Declude plus IMail Antispam will skew these numbers. So there is no telling what the true volume is. If you run Declude, you should turn IMail Antispam off and just rely on Declude alone. Your config looks fine except that you should strongly consider spending about $50 on an F-Prot license and using that instead of McAfee since you are CPU challenged. The fact that you are an ISP also speaks volumes to the need of restricting bulk-mailing among your client base. Not only can they redline your server, they can also get you blacklisted. Adding a gateway will do nothing for this part of the issue. You need to look into integrating Declude Hijack, but be prepared to sort through issues in the week that follows integrating it. To save CPU, you could whitelist your userbase in Declude by their IP space by listing them in your global.cfg. You could also turn off outbound virus scanning with Declude Virus Pro (not sure if that also applies to Declude Standard). IMO, this isn't an issue of sizing or a bug in Declude, this is all about optimizing your configuration where it counts most, and putting in place reasonable protections so that bulk-mailing isn't allowed to go through your mail server. Jumping to a gateway will just be another partial fix and it might not provide enough juice to prevent you from backing up, especially if the load is primarily the result of customers bulk-mailing through your server. If you did everything that I identified here, you would save about 1/2 to 2/3 of your current CPU utilization. That might not cut it however since you were clearly demanding more than 100% before, but I believe it should. Matt Will wrote:
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