If "Oh, and yes /var/spool/MIMEDefang is swap." does not mean that /var/spool/MIMEDefang is on a tmpfs, then put it on one. If it is on disk you have a huge bottleneck.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:26 PM Subject: [Mimedefang] 40K+ emails a day and choking > > I'm running Solaris 9 on a dual processor 220R with 2 > gigs of ram and the box is having trouble keeping up > with spam!?!? I am using all the bells and whistles > spamassassin and mimedefang can have, minus the virus > protection (another box handles that). I have a > min/max of 20/90 for mimedefang and I'm no longer > hitting a max number of files open ceiling...... I'd > say 90% of our email is spam (we are a small college > with ~3000 email accounts) with scores averaging 20 > and above :-/ > > I'm going to add a local dns (even though the dns > doesn't appear to be the bottle neck) and perhaps host > a dcc server..... I can also setup another box and > round robin them but I shouldn't *have to* should I? > > Oh, and yes /var/spool/MIMEDefang is swap. > > Any sug > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above > message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. > > Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com > MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang > _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
