* N Fung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20050610 20:45]: wrote: > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > clamd 0.85.1 has been running pretty smoothly for a > > while, ever since > > install the day after it was released. the last few days > > though, i've > > been running into an odd problem - > > > > first off, this is freebsd 5.2.1 release. dual PIII 1GHZ > > server, > > 895MB ram. the server does *only* spam and virus > > scanning. mail comes > > in to MX servers, then goes to the AS/AV server via > > artificial > > smtproute. all servers running qmail. clam and > > spamassassin called > > via qmail-scanner. clamd built with gcc 4.0.0/binutils > > 2.16. > > > > typically, over the course of a few days, my clamd > > process will grow > > in size to be pretty large - 300 to 400MB in size. not a > > problem, > > there's still adequate free ram for normal processing > > without > > swapping/paging to any significant degree. > > > > the last four or five days though, the server will be > > humming along, > > then it will get hit with a load of inbound junk - mostly > > collateral > > spam (is that the term? huge volume of bounce messages > > coming from > > other servers that have been hit with joe-job attacks > > using fake > > return addresses at one of my domains). after a short > > while under > > this load, clamd will seem to 'throttle' - it'll still be > > running, > > but the overall server load average will drop down to > > very low levels > > for the anticipated volume, and messages start trickling > > through, > > rather than flying through like normal. usually a restart > > of clamd > > does the trick, although yesterday even that didn't seem > > to do the > > trick - after restart of clamd the message woudl still > > trickle, so i > > rebooted the server, and everything returned to normal... > > > > anybody else experience this? thoughts? > > Problems with 0.85.1 seem to be confined to FreeBSD. > Anything interesting in /var/log/clamd.log?
Liar!! Liar!! I run 0.85.1 on FreeBSD 4.11, 5.2.1, 5.3 and 5.4 and in all cases I don't have a problem at all. None of my machines is as high specs as his. Yes, he should look for clues in his clamd.log, qwhat?.log and any other place. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill. -- Robert Heller _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
