Jack, I think, RBL is not the cause for this. I run RBL via qmail, not SA and sometimes there are 4/5 spamd processes when I run "ps aux" in the morning. I usually stop the original spamd and kill the others, then restart spamd. Running SA 2.54 on Suse 8.0. If someone could explain this, it'd be great.
Cheers Ralf G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Gostl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SpamAssassin listserve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 2:38 PM Subject: [SAtalk] Max children > > I've seen this two or three times now, and I'm not sure what to make of > it. > > Outward appearance is that we get hit with a ton of spam, or perhaps that > an RBL goes out. I wind up with many copies of spamd running, many more > than the -m parameter should allow. (And forget about procmail and > sendmail. Hundreds of copies.) They never seem to go away, or at best, go > away very, very slowly. > > The monitors show that disk activity is through the roof. > > They all but cripple the machine. Then I go in and kill sendmail, kill all > the procmails and spamds, and restart things, and everything clear up very > quickly. So quickly that it makes me suspicious as to what was REALLY > wrong. Maybe something more than just load, or RBL problems. Maybe a > locking problem. > > I've gone out to CPAN and made sure that all my modules are current, and > that alone may fix it, but after that, what should I look for to help > troubleshoot this one. > > -- > > Jack Gostl [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
