SpamAssassin sucks up memory.

[allower]

Hi.
I just installed SpamAssassin and it´s sucking up my memory. I would like it to start with less child.
When I do ps aux i get this.
root 15694 0.2 4.2 36212 33372 ? Ss 13:00 0:01 /usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m 15
root 15740 0.0 4.0 36212 31896 ? S 13:00 0:00 spamd child
root 15742 0.0 4.0 36212 31896 ? S 13:00 0:00 spamd child

It looks like spamd starts with spamd -d -c -m 15 woulden't it be better to start with for ex. -m 3 insted of 15?

My questions is, in what file is spamd told to start with this command so, where can I change this start line?
Should I change maxchildren allowed in some file.
And last, does spamd start automaticlly when server reboots?

Thanks?
/C

 

[mr.applesauce]

its using 35mb ram how is that sucking up memory...

Buy more ram!

 

[allower]

how do you know it's 35Mb when 4.2, 4.0, 4.0 is % of my RAM?

 

[mr.applesauce]

Because the ps line shows you its 36212.

Are you on a vps server? How much total ram is there?

Here is the man page for spamd...

http://spamassassin.apache.org/full/3.0.x/dist/doc/spamd.html

 

[allower]

Okey.
Yes I'm on a VPS with 386Mb Ram (Burst the dubble).

I read somewhere that spamd starts 5 children when it starts, but for a small server like my own it would be enough with 1 or 2. Am I right?
Im very thankful for your help
/Christian.

 

[nobaloney]

386mB of memory most likely isn't enough in today's hosting environment.

Unless you've got only one static site.

Jeff