-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Scott wrote:
|>Calling spamassassin directly is very load intensive. Consider running spamd |>and having procmail call spamc (using dropprivs). The difference is phenominal. | | | Yes, I was using spamc. Yikes. |>Also consider updating your server to Red Hat 8.0 which includes |>SpamAssassin as well as the updated procmail. I'm running my Mail Server on |>a dual P///-550 machine and w/ SpamAssassin as standalone, my load average |>was also in the 1.5-2.0 range. With spamd, it sits between .2 and .6. | | | How many accounts do you have on this machine andare you running Postfix | or Sendmail? I would be curious to see if going to 8.0 dropped my laods | like that. What else does this box do? Presently about 185. The server also functions as an Apache 2.0 server serving PHP webmail (Squirrelmail) server and a MySQL based PHPWebCal. The server is a combination POP3/IMAP server. IMAP does take up a bit more CPU than POP3 - especially when a client (i.e. Mozilla) is set to query all boxes every 5 minutes. I'm running SpamAssassin globally on this server, with individual "exception" rules. I think comparing the numbers - the fact is that SpamAssassin is rather CPU intensive. Have you considered offloading Spamd to another machine? - -Rick - -- Rick Johnson, RHCE - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux/WAN Administrator - Medata, Inc. PGP Public Key: https://mail.medata.com/pgp/rjohnson.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Signed and/or encpryted for everyone's protection. iEYEARECAAYFAj3dOYAACgkQIgQdhlSHZgO7KwCgkgeUVANX5TUh2S5dLIyvmWLF 04EAoNxybhMxJkOwNegaxoZxx3GWI3Bd =o+oC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
