spamd

[malachor]

when i restart the server, the program spamd starts up and starts using all my ram. i quickly shut it down before i am unable to access the system.

how do i stop it from starting on its own.

[jlasman]

The following instructions should work on RH, RHE, WhiteBox, and CentOS based distributions:

You'll have to undo the changes for the changes to the /etc/exim.conf file; the instructions for running spamd are here (http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=36); simply comment out the section of the /etc/exim.conf file these instructions say to uncomment.

Then you'll have to turn off the spamd daemon:
service spamd stop
Then set it so it won't start back up again on a reboot:
chkconfig --level 3 spamd off
Then restart exim:
service exim restart
Jeff

[malachor]

btw, spamd is spamassain right?

[jlasman]

spamd is one of the components of SpamAssassin.

Jeff

[malachor]

Also, i just modified exim.pl and changed it so it was pointing to the correct version of perl.

do you think that could make spamd run properly?

- spamd was going crazy and would start using a gig of ram in about 2 mins. and in 5 mins. i wouldn't be able to access root or type commands

[jlasman]

I have no idea; I suppose in a few hours you'll be able to tell us :rolleyes: .

Jeff

[malachor]

i dont know... i just did the restart and when spamd went over 200mb of mem usage i killed it...

does anyone know the average amount of memory it should use?