Ilja,

> I have debian stable system with than configuration:
> exim4-heavy 4.50-8
> amavisd-new 20030616p10-5
> clamav-daemon 0.88-0volatile1
> spamc 3.0.3-2
> dual Xeon 2GHz, 1GB RAM, SCSI320 disk (with noatime for spool and temp
> partitions)
>
>   PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
>  2098 amavis    20  10 37500  30m  14m R 41.7  3.5   0:32.66 amavisd-new
> 30285 amavis    17  10 37868  31m  13m R 37.9  3.6   1:33.07 amavisd-new
> 30507 amavis    18  10 36336  30m  14m R 37.9  3.5   1:30.43 amavisd-new
> 29294 amavis    20  10 36972  31m  13m R 34.1  3.5   1:55.25 amavisd-new
>
> what may cause that, why amavis eating CPU while clamd and spamd works
> fine with minimal resources?  is it worth to upgrade system to
> etch/testing (with amavisd-new 1:2.3.3-8)?

At log level 2 you get TIMING reports, see what it tells.

With later version of amavisd-new you get a utility amavisd-nanny,
which gives a quick overview of what child processes are doing.

What you see might be normal with a steady flow of mail.
How many messages per time unit is your setup processing?

> what may cause that, why amavis eating CPU while clamd and spamd works
> fine with minimal resources?

What is spamd used for?

> is it worth to upgrade system to 
> etch/testing (with amavisd-new 1:2.3.3-8)?

I would. Depends on your needs and preferences.

  Mark



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