[snip] >> 3) mail quantity is about 300-400 per day. Average use is according to >> tload between 0.90 and 3.50 (peaks) avg about 1.3 *ouch* > > So Ø 1 mail each 2 minutes. That is not much. Can you say how long a > mail needs from initial connect by the foreign MTA up to the final > storage? > >> 4) spamassassin is running as daemon (3 childprocesses) >> 5) amavisd-new is running as dameon (3 childprocesses) > > Is fine I think. Did you import a lot of custom rulesets into > SpamAssassin additional to those coming with the package (keyword: rules > du jour)? Do you use RBL checks with SpamAssassin and other external > checks? > [/snip] Hi, latest Figures about Performance avg. 1 hour without amavisd: 0.35 avg. 1 hour with amavisd, with viruscheck, without spamd: 0.94 avg. 1 hour with amavisd with viruscheck and spamd: 2.05 i would be interested, what others would mesure, with standard-config from spamassassin/amavisd/virus-checker Roger