I have begun using spamassassin (2.01) with razor (1.19) as a mailfilter in combination with fetchmail (5.9.8), procmail (3.2.2), and exim (3.3.4). When I fetch a large number of messages (e.g. when I first startup the computer), response slows to a crawl. If I monitor the processes using top, spamassassin processes start to fill the screen. On a recent download of 119 messages, top indicated that linux began to shutdown processes to accomodate the load (mysqld was one of the first to go). What am I doing wrong? I copied the procmail formula from the example at the top of the .procmailrc file and even shortened my list of filters that I have been using. I thought that there might be a procmail backup. My computer has a 800 MHz Duron with 128 MB of RAM and 512 MB of swap. (I had hoped to add more memory quickly when I first assembled the computer; I know that this is not optimal). I am using woody and running kernel 2.4.17. I also use shorewall as my firewall.
Tony Tantillo
