RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude using 50% cpu

[Colbeck, Andrew]

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FYI, I have a single mail relay with no mail boxes.  Runs IMail like a champ in a stripped down Windows XP in a SCSI based Compaq server PII 333 MHz and 160 MB of RAM (plenty), but with the text filtering we do, we get a consistent overflow every day during peak hours.  We've reduced our IMail 7.x (and declude.exe v1.65) "max processes" value down from the default 25 to 12 to compensate.  We have to add CPU power soon, and are currently trying to figure out what to implement.   Our message volume is 10,500 inbound, and we're holding about 33% of that as spam with pretty well zero reported false positives.  Outbound is about 4,500 connections (messages will be a little higher).   Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:08 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude using 50% cpu This server is slammed during buisness hours but it was making due with dual 933, declude just kills it. What portion of custom filters vs rdns checks should I look at to reduce this processing strain? -----Original Message----- From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 4:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude using 50% cpu BTW, with an average CPU usage of 44% before Declude, you may be reaching the saturation point of the server. Not critical, but from my understanding if average CPU usage is at 50%, you need to start looking at things.   John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA Engineer/Consultant eServices For You www.eservicesforyou.com   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Gordon Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:51 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude using 50% cpu   On a good day we rev 19000 local deliveries + send 8000 per day. It hits the machine hard average cpu time before was around 44% then when declude was installed it jumped to over 90% average. The version is 1.75 -----Original Message----- From: R. Scott Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude using 50% cpu   >We are evaluating declude and have noticed a considerable increase in the >cpu cycles associated with mail delivery. Is there anyway have it run in >an isolated cpu instance? since there are multiple instances of >declude.exe running, I would guess it would be hard to lock it down. How many E-mails do you send/receive per day? What version of Declude are you running (you can find out by typing "\IMail\Declude -diag" from a command prompt)? Are you sure that it is Declude using the extra CPU cycles (by sorting the processes in the Task Manager by the "CPU" column)?                                                     -Scott --- Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver vulnerability detection. Find out what you have been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list.  To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail".  The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.