Sam, Thanks for the info... comments inline below. >> Your configuration file >> doesn't include a timeout command, Would this be the idle-timeout-secs ? I've now set it to 240, what range of values should I consider experimenting with?
>> >> For starters, you could try setting the "dns-level" option to "normal" Done >> You could also try removing some of the RBL entries from >> your configuration file so there will be less DNS work to perform. >> I slimmed it down to 4 ... Is this still overkill? >> Tools like strace and gdb might shed some light on what they're doing (or >> waiting for). >> Is there a particular command that I can run on a PID that gets you the most useful information? I imagine that strace is similar to truss (on Solaris) but I don't know the CL arguments to give it. Thanks for all the help and tips.... I've been monitoring my processes and I'm fluctuating between 5 and 15 spamdyke processes at any given time, which appears normal to me ( but I'm an absolute mail dunce) Matt _______________________________________________ spamdyke-users mailing list spamdyke-users@spamdyke.org http://www.spamdyke.org/mailman/listinfo/spamdyke-users