Hello,

I have 3 mail servers with mail-mta/qmail + vpopmail + qmail-scanner +
spamassassin + clamav. Everything works nice for me except one thing,
it request more memory every day.

It's like a memory leak. The more uptime - the more server goes in
swap. When memory recourse is not enough kernel starting to kill the
processes.

mail ~ # uptime
 16:33:59 up 5 days,  1:44,  1 user,  load average: 0.35, 0.30, 0.37
mail ~ # free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        774296     763008      11288          0      42188     140008
-/+ buffers/cache:     580812     193484
Swap:      1991976     902068    1089908

I attached answer of
"ps -eo pid,ppid,rss,vsize,pcpu,pmem,cmd -ww --sort=vsize"

I guess it's configuration problem of qmail-scanner, spamassassin or
clamav. But I don't have any idea what should I tune.

-- 
Best regards,
 Konstantin
  PID  PPID   RSS    VSZ %CPU %MEM CMD
    2     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [migration/0]
    3     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [ksoftirqd/0]
    4     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [migration/1]
    5     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [ksoftirqd/1]
    6     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [events/0]
    7     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [events/1]
    8     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [khelper]
    9     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [kthread]
   12     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [kblockd/0]
   13     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [kblockd/1]
   14     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [kacpid]
  109     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [khubd]
  161     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [pdflush]
  162     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [pdflush]
  163     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [kswapd0]
  164     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [aio/0]
  165     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [aio/1]
  750     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [kseriod]
  772     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [kpsmoused]
  787     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [ata/0]
  788     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [ata/1]
  791     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [scsi_eh_0]
  792     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [scsi_eh_1]
  818     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [khpsbpkt]
  848     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [kmirrord]
  850     1     0      0  0.0  0.0 [kirqd]
  856     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [md4_raid1]
  860     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [md2_raid1]
  864     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [md3_raid1]
  868     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [md1_raid1]
  871     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [md0_raid1]
  872     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [reiserfs/0]
  873     9     0      0  0.0  0.0 [reiserfs/1]
 8706  8695   268   1328  0.0  0.0 supervise qmail-smtpd
 8707  8695   268   1328  0.0  0.0 supervise log
 8709  8695   268   1328  0.0  0.0 supervise log
 8721  8713   300   1328  0.0  0.0 qmail-clean
 8708  8695   268   1332  0.0  0.0 supervise qmail-send
 8178     1   248   1340  0.0  0.0 /usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger imapd-ssl
 8710  8707   320   1340  0.0  0.0 /usr/bin/multilog t s2500000 n10 
/var/log/qmail/qmail-smtpd
 8717  8709   324   1344  0.0  0.0 /usr/bin/multilog t s2500000 n10 
/var/log/qmail/qmail-send
 8695     1   300   1360  0.0  0.0 /usr/bin/svscan /service
 6383     1   392   1472  0.0  0.0 /usr/sbin/acpid -c /etc/acpi/events
 8103     1   216   1472  0.0  0.0 /usr/sbin/courierlogger 
-pid=/var/run/authdaemon.pid -start /usr/lib/courier/courier-authlib/authdaemond
 8285     1   432   1472  0.0  0.0 /usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger pop3d-ssl
 8128     1   436   1476  0.0  0.0 /usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger imapd
 8233     1   432   1476  0.0  0.0 /usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger pop3d
 8719  8713   328   1480  0.0  0.0 qmail-lspawn ./.maildir/
    1     0   476   1488  0.0  0.0 init [3]       
 8713  8708   444   1512  0.0  0.0 qmail-send
 8910     1   524   1520  0.0  0.0 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty4 linux
 8911     1   524   1520  0.0  0.0 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty5 linux
 8898     1   552   1524  0.0  0.0 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
 8900     1   524   1524  0.0  0.0 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
 8904     1   524   1524  0.0  0.0 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty3 linux
 8912     1   524   1524  0.0  0.0 /sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 linux
23053  8231   500   1544  0.0  0.0 /usr/sbin/courier-pop3d .maildir
23796  8231   564   1548  0.0  0.0 /usr/sbin/courier-pop3d .maildir
 8176     1   392   1572  0.0  0.0 /usr/lib/courier-imap/couriertcpd -address=0 
-stderrlogger=/usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger -stderrloggername=imapd-ssl 
-maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -pid=/var/run/imapd-ssl.pid -nodnslookup 
-noidentlookup 993 /usr/sbin/couriertls -server -tcpd /usr/sbin/imaplogin 
/usr/sbin/courier-imapd .maildir
 8231     1   448   1572  0.0  0.0 /usr/lib/courier-imap/couriertcpd -address=0 
-stderrlogger=/usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger -stderrloggername=pop3d 
-maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -pid=/var/run/pop3d.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup 
110 /usr/sbin/pop3login /usr/sbin/courier-pop3d .maildir
 8126     1   448   1576  0.0  0.0 /usr/lib/courier-imap/couriertcpd -address=0 
-stderrlogger=/usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger -stderrloggername=imapd 
-maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -pid=/var/run/imapd.pid -nodnslookup -noidentlookup 
143 /usr/sbin/imaplogin /usr/sbin/courier-imapd .maildir
 8283     1   448   1576  0.0  0.0 /usr/lib/courier-imap/couriertcpd -address=0 
-stderrlogger=/usr/lib/courier-imap/courierlogger -stderrloggername=pop3d-ssl 
-maxprocs=40 -maxperip=4 -pid=/var/run/pop3d-ssl.pid -nodnslookup 
-noidentlookup 995 /usr/sbin/couriertls -server -tcpd /usr/sbin/pop3login 
/usr/sbin/courier-pop3d .maildir
 8442     1   376   1628  0.0  0.0 mdadm --monitor --scan --daemonise 
--pid-file /var/run/mdadm.pid --syslog
 1069     1   220   1720  0.0  0.0 /sbin/udevd --daemon
 6345     1   564   1820  0.0  0.0 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
23812 19440   760   1940  0.0  0.0 ps -eo pid,ppid,rss,vsize,pcpu,pmem,cmd -ww 
--sort=vsize
 8036     1   896   2480  0.0  0.1 /usr/bin/freshclam -d
 8720  8713   664   2532  0.0  0.0 qmail-rspawn
19424 19413  1512   2576  0.0  0.1 -su
19440 19437  1544   2580  0.0  0.1 bash -rcfile .bashrc
19413 19405  1508   2840  0.0  0.1 -bash
 8881     1   456   3644  0.0  0.0 /usr/sbin/sshd
19437 19424  1976   3660  0.0  0.2 mc -d
 8711  8706   836   3804  0.0  0.1 /usr/bin/tcpserver -p -v -R -x 
/etc/tcprules.d/tcp.qmail-smtp.cdb -c 40 -u 201 -g 200 0.0.0.0 smtp 
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd /var/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /bin/true
22222  8720  1032   3836  0.0  0.1 qmail-remote optician.com  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
22748  8720  1032   3836  0.0  0.1 qmail-remote japan.com  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
23710  8711  1064   3852  0.0  0.1 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd 
/var/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /bin/true
23685  8711  1076   3856  0.0  0.1 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd 
/var/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /bin/true
23743  8711  1072   3856  0.0  0.1 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd 
/var/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw /bin/true
 8104  8103  1000   5720  0.0  0.1 /usr/lib/courier/courier-authlib/authdaemond
19388  8881  1932   6232  0.0  0.2 sshd: anf [priv] 
19405 19388   896   6356  0.0  0.1 sshd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/0  
 8580     1   808   6736  0.0  0.1 proftpd: (accepting connections)      
 8623     1   768   7052  0.0  0.0 /usr/sbin/snmpd -p /var/run/snmpd.pid
23715 23685  4952   7076  0.3  0.6 /usr/bin/perl -T 
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-scanner-queue.pl
23769 23710  4964   7076  0.9  0.6 /usr/bin/perl -T 
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-scanner-queue.pl
19768 19767  3264  13112  0.0  0.4 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
19767     1  9824  23268  0.0  1.2 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
 8832     1 10356  25788  0.0  1.3 /usr/sbin/spamd -d -r /var/run/spamd.pid -m 
5 -c -H
22259 19767 11592  26900  0.1  1.4 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
19777 19767 11712  26912  0.0  1.5 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
20101 19767 11116  26944  0.1  1.4 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
19788 19767 12128  27392  0.0  1.5 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
22128 19767 11696  27492  0.0  1.5 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
19778 19767 12400  27872  0.0  1.6 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
19776 19767 12848  28336  0.0  1.6 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
19779 19767 13020  28428  0.1  1.6 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
21140  8832 22452  28700  0.2  2.8 spamd child
20025 19767 12176  29312  0.1  1.5 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
19775 19767 16236  32280  4.6  2.0 /usr/sbin/apache2 -D DEFAULT_VHOST -D PHP5 
-D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -D SSL -D SSL_DEFAULT_VHOST -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f 
/etc/apache2/httpd.conf -d /usr/lib/apache2 -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf -k start
 3837  8832 32084  38116  0.5  4.1 spamd child
 8034     1 25868  52244  0.2  3.3 /usr/sbin/clamd
 5466     1  6060 129512  0.0  0.7 /usr/sbin/mysqld 
--defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql 
--pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 8214  8104 60392 223820  0.0  7.7 /usr/lib/courier/courier-authlib/authdaemond
 8212  8104 71268 242972  0.0  9.2 /usr/lib/courier/courier-authlib/authdaemond
 8210  8104 90756 284380  0.0 11.7 /usr/lib/courier/courier-authlib/authdaemond
 8211  8104 91148 296248  0.0 11.7 /usr/lib/courier/courier-authlib/authdaemond
 8213  8104 88224 301060  0.0 11.3 /usr/lib/courier/courier-authlib/authdaemond

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