On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 15:55 +0100, Roger Grosswiler wrote: > Hi list, > > I use Postfix/amavisd-new from dag's repos/spamassassin and antivir for checking incoming and outgoing mails. It's a > feature i won't miss anymore. > > Thing is, that it uses EXTREMLY ressources. Do you have any idea, how i could reduce load on amavisd? I use the > standard-config shipped with the rpm. same question here. You already have spamassassin and clam daemons running? default clamd.conf must be changed in order for amavis to find clamav daemon, otherwise it uses command line version. How many messages / day does your server process? (see logwatch) What's the hardware configuration? I'm interested to know the limit where it requires manual tuning. -- Marius Andreiana Epon Business Applications http://www.epon.ro