Re: Suddenly load average of 15-18???

[Thomas Cameron]

On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 11:19 -0400, Stephen M. Przepiora wrote:
> Take a look at the switches you have in /etc/init.d/spamassassin change 
> them to only run 5 processess and to die off after 15 or twenty scans.
> -m5 --max-conn-per-child=5
> Steve

I just tried that and as soon as I restarted everything the load shot up
to ~ 6.  I had to kill everything and remove the SA milter.

I'd like to figure out what the root cause is rather than band-aid the
symptom.  Anyone have any ideas why this would suddenly start?

Thomas