spamd CPU load

[kalin mintchev <ka...@el.net>]

hi all...

i recently installed SA 2.63 on a new redhat 9 box. it works fine but
sometimes the machine dies unexpectedly without leaving anything in the
logs.

i suspect spamd. although i don't see spamd in the maillog at the time the
machine goes down looking constantly at the top output i see sometimes
spamd 99% CPU load?! by root. this is weired (to me) because i see spamd
processes triggered by individual users that are 6 - 15 % of CPU load at a
time. root doesn't have .spamassassin directory so i don't see why it'd
shoot up to 99%.
the MTA is qmail and i'm using maildir to deliver the mail to Maildir.


is there any reasonable explanation for that 99% CPU load by spamd?

thanks....





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Re: spamd CPU load

[Ron McKeating <R....@lboro.ac.uk>]

On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 10:03, kalin mintchev wrote:
> > I would recommend upgrading the kernel to 2.6 before looking at anything
> > else.
> 
> ok. any particular reason?  please elaborate....
> 

Just that when we upgrade to the new kernel almost everything on our
servers worked better.

Ron
> >
> > Ron
> > On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 09:29, kalin mintchev wrote:
> >> hi all...
> >>
> >> i recently installed SA 2.63 on a new redhat 9 box. it works fine but
> >> sometimes the machine dies unexpectedly without leaving anything in the
> >> logs.
> >>
> >> i suspect spamd. although i don't see spamd in the maillog at the time
> >> the
> >> machine goes down looking constantly at the top output i see sometimes
> >> spamd 99% CPU load?! by root. this is weired (to me) because i see spamd
> >> processes triggered by individual users that are 6 - 15 % of CPU load at
> >> a
> >> time. root doesn't have .spamassassin directory so i don't see why it'd
> >> shoot up to 99%.
> >> the MTA is qmail and i'm using maildir to deliver the mail to Maildir.
> >>
> >>
> >> is there any reasonable explanation for that 99% CPU load by spamd?
> >>
> >> thanks....
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Software is like sex: It's better when it's free. (Linus Torvalds)
> > --
> > Ron McKeating
> > Senior IT Services Specialist
> > Internet Services and Software Solutions
> > Loughborough University
> > 01509 222329
> >
> >
-- 
Ron McKeating
Senior IT Services Specialist
Internet Services and Software Solutions
Loughborough University
01509 222329

Re: spamd CPU load

[kalin mintchev <ka...@el.net>]

> I would recommend upgrading the kernel to 2.6 before looking at anything
> else.

ok. any particular reason?  please elaborate....

>
> Ron
> On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 09:29, kalin mintchev wrote:
>> hi all...
>>
>> i recently installed SA 2.63 on a new redhat 9 box. it works fine but
>> sometimes the machine dies unexpectedly without leaving anything in the
>> logs.
>>
>> i suspect spamd. although i don't see spamd in the maillog at the time
>> the
>> machine goes down looking constantly at the top output i see sometimes
>> spamd 99% CPU load?! by root. this is weired (to me) because i see spamd
>> processes triggered by individual users that are 6 - 15 % of CPU load at
>> a
>> time. root doesn't have .spamassassin directory so i don't see why it'd
>> shoot up to 99%.
>> the MTA is qmail and i'm using maildir to deliver the mail to Maildir.
>>
>>
>> is there any reasonable explanation for that 99% CPU load by spamd?
>>
>> thanks....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Software is like sex: It's better when it's free. (Linus Torvalds)
> --
> Ron McKeating
> Senior IT Services Specialist
> Internet Services and Software Solutions
> Loughborough University
> 01509 222329
>
>


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