Re: [exim] Spamassassin + Exim4 high IO Wait

On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 04:17:05PM +0300, Joseph Okech wrote:
> I had these issues before with 3 similar servers in an ISP setup where I had
> to continually 'baby-sit' spamd (maybe was a bad setup, didnt do it myself.)
> I changed everything to use exim+amavisd setup where I accept mail first
> before scanning (exceptions to rbl-listed IPs) and the servers now barely use
> more than 10% CPU and always less than 5% I/O wait.

Thanks Joseph, Where do you do the scanning in exim if you have accepted
the mail first? (am currently using default acl_check_data) does this
also mean all spam mail goes into a honeypot rather than completely rejecting
obvious spam?

>From my experience, scanning at SMTP-time thus has a load on CPU, other people
> may differ on the same.
>
> rgds,
> Joseph

Thanks,
Mark