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Re: qmail-local taking a lot of CPU often

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Subject: Re: qmail-local taking a lot of CPU often
From: Jeremy Kitchen <kitchen@scriptkitchen.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:07:48 -0700
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Phillip T. George wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I seem to be having a problem with qmail-local taking a lot of CPU quite
> often.  It doesn't happen with every email, but it doesn't seem to have
> any "rhyme or reason" as to why it happens with some.  The qmail-local
> task can take up to 99% CPU, though when its a problem, it usually takes
> only 70-80%.  The problem is, this is basically causing some TCP
> services to not respond to connection requests, or take too long (over a
> minute).  The users that have Outlook often receive an error.  This is,
> of course, bad.  Any ideas where to start to analyze this problem?

is it always the same user?

Perhaps they have a TON of mail in their mailbox.

-Jeremy


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