On Thursday 17 June 2004 00:00, Ralf Guenthner wrote: > Ralf Guenthner schrieb: > > Hi list > > > > I know the issue of spamd spawning too many processes and what can be > > done about that has been discussed here before. But until today my > > system never had that problem, I didn't even have to use the -m switch. > > > > But after a crash today I can't get spamd to limit the number of child > > processes. The system chokes itself to death every time I try. It has > > 1GB of memory, so you can imagine how many spamd procs it takes to crash > > it... > > > > Using SA 2.60, qmail-scanner, spamd/spamc and the following script in > > /service/spamd/run: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > export LANG=de > > exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 60000000 /usr/bin/spamd -m1 -x -L -D -u > > qmaild 2>&1 > > > > As you can see I even added the -m switch but after a few minutes, the > > number of processes runs rampant again. > > > > I tried to throw out some of those extra .cf-files, like Stearn's > > blacklist, and that seems to help, but shouldn't the -m work anyway?? > > > > Any ideas greatly appreciated > > > > Cheers > > Ralf G. > > Nobody cared to reply. But here's what I've found out in the meantime in > case someone else had or will have the same issue: > > Reducing the number of extra .cf files in /etc/mail/spamassassin > prompted spamd to honor the limit set by the -m switch. Adding more or > larger files seems to cause the behavior I described in my first > posting. No idea, if that's by design or a bug. But it sucks <g> > > Ralf G.
Ralf: If you have the horsepower, just try it running spamassassin instead of spamd/spamc. I found lots of stuff started working when I did that, and i suspect spamd is sort of buggy. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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