exim processes (children) gone wild?

[SupermanInNY]

Hi All,

My exim process is spawning lots of children and I'm not sure why.
I was used to see 2-3 children,. now it is a whooping 20+ sometime even 30!

30082 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
4408 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
4449 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
4908 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5004 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5621 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5622 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5625 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5633 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5640 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5649 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5664 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5665 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5666 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5668 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5669 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5670 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5671 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5675 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5688 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5690 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5696 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5698 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5702 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5703 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5704 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5713 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5714 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5715 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5717 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5720 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5723 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5730 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5735 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5736 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5738 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5748 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5750 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5751 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5752 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5753 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5756 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5757 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5759 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
5761 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/sbin/exim -bd -q15m -oP /var/run/exim.pid
30095 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m 5
30130 ? S 0:15 \_ spamd child
5218 ? S 0:02 \_ spamd child

exim -bpc
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What could be the triger of this behaviour?

Thanks,

-Alon.