> We are running spamassassin on a Dual processor P4 Dell. > > How can I make sure that spamassassin is using both > processors. Top is showing spamd using between 39% and > 89% of the processor constantly. there are times during > the day when we are processing 1800+ email per hour after > RBLs strip off 70% of the cruft. > > what are some tuning tips? I don't really want to get > rid of the rules I am using we are very happy with the > filtering results we are getting. > > I just want to make sure the hardware we have is doing > it's best before we look into going bigger or splitting > the load.
If you have a SMP-kernel, and SA is configured to 2+ child processes, it should use both processors. One mail uses one processor, but if there is 2 to process, both processors should be occupied. IMHO.
