Adrian Simmons wrote: > Alexandre Gauthier wrote: > >> ps waux | grep [p]erl5 > > > That looks just the job thanks! And 'man ps' let me understand why. No problemo :) I should have explained that the "w" toggles "wide" command view, but I was really knocked out at that time. > > root 66 0.0 0.2 45180 2432 ?? Ss 9:48AM 0:13.50 > /usr/bin/perl5.8.6 -T -w /usr/bin/spamd You run spamassassin using the perl script? > > And it looks like it's my cron jobs running sa-learn might be one of > things troubling me (hard to tell since I'm compiling an update to KDE > via Fink at the moment). Or it might be spamd itself, that's a possibility.. I had the perl version of spamd (as compared to spamc the C daemon) bring down mail servers inside client networks... I'd look at the spamc option if I were you, that's a stab in the dark, but... > > Thanks again. > No problemo :) -- Alexandre Gauthier supernaut at underwares.org underwares.org Obscure IT knowledge Open Database The human brain operates at only 10% of its capacity. The rest is overhead for the operating system.