Sure enough, that error message is in the /var/log/mail.log file several times a day. I think this may be the problem I was having. The limit is now 5 so hopefully this will happen very infrequently now and perhaps it will solve the problem.
Kaleb Hosie wrote: > >> I'm using Debian. Now the question is, will restoring >> maxchildren from 2 back to 5 help the problem? I will have >> to wait and see. >> > > One way of telling whether this is the problem or not is to search your > maillog for an entry like the following: > > Apr 27 05:59:45 mailgate spamd[23853]: prefork: server reached > --max-children setting, consider raising it > > > Kaleb > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/System-hangs-on-sending-mail-sometimes-tp28636268p28637523.html Sent from the SpamAssassin - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
