Hi guys, If you could help with this I would be very grateful. In my /var/log/messages log I get LOTS like the following: Nov 19 22:39:40 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMdew31977 root@localhost: DATA[31977]: Lost bandwidth data: 0 in 216 out Nov 19 22:39:40 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMdew31977 root@localhost: DATA[31977]: Lost bandwidth data: 402 in 68 out Nov 19 22:39:40 pidgeme-vps sendmail[31976]: Lost bandwidth data: 82 in 306 out Nov 19 22:39:54 pidgeme-vps sendmail[31985]: Unable to flush bandwidth using old remote address 0320cc3e. May overcharge for new remote address 0420cc3e Nov 19 22:39:54 pidgeme-vps sendmail[31987]: Lost bandwidth data: 7151 in 0 out Nov 19 22:39:55 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMdsY31987 root@localhost: DATA[31987]: Lost bandwidth data: 0 in 224 out Nov 19 22:39:55 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMdsY31987 root@localhost: DATA[31987]: Lost bandwidth data: 806 in 67 out Nov 19 22:39:55 pidgeme-vps sendmail[31986]: Lost bandwidth data: 93 in 294 out Nov 19 22:39:55 pidgeme-vps sendmail[31988]: Lost bandwidth data: 408 in 90 out Nov 19 22:39:57 pidgeme-vps sendmail[31993]: Lost bandwidth data: 1274 in 0 out Nov 19 22:39:57 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMdvZ31993 root@localhost: DATA[31993]: Lost bandwidth data: 0 in 217 out Nov 19 22:39:57 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMdvZ31993 root@localhost: DATA[31993]: Lost bandwidth data: 578 in 68 out Nov 19 22:39:57 pidgeme-vps sendmail[31992]: Lost bandwidth data: 81 in 315 out Nov 19 22:40:18 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32147]: Lost bandwidth data: 4718 in 0 out Nov 19 22:40:18 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMeH232147 root@localhost: DATA[32147]: Lost bandwidth data: 0 in 210 out Nov 19 22:40:18 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMeH232147 root@localhost: DATA[32147]: Lost bandwidth data: 659 in 64 out Nov 19 22:40:18 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32145]: Lost bandwidth data: 77 in 306 out Nov 19 22:40:18 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32157]: Lost bandwidth data: 144 in 45 out Nov 19 22:40:28 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32223]: Lost bandwidth data: 4407 in 0 out Nov 19 22:40:28 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMeRA32223 root@localhost: DATA[32223]: Lost bandwidth data: 0 in 235 out Nov 19 22:40:28 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMeRA32223 root@localhost: DATA[32223]: Lost bandwidth data: 784 in 72 out Nov 19 22:40:28 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32222]: Lost bandwidth data: 102 in 294 out Nov 19 22:40:59 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32253]: Lost bandwidth data: 4186 in 0 out Nov 19 22:40:59 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMewI32253 root@localhost: DATA[32253]: Lost bandwidth data: 0 in 221 out Nov 19 22:40:59 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMewI32253 root@localhost: DATA[32253]: Lost bandwidth data: 910 in 64 out Nov 19 22:40:59 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32252]: Lost bandwidth data: 102 in 297 out Nov 19 22:41:00 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32257]: Lost bandwidth data: 5279 in 6128 out Nov 19 22:41:07 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32270]: Lost bandwidth data: 8859 in 0 out Nov 19 22:41:07 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMf6v32270 root@localhost: DATA[32270]: Lost bandwidth data: 0 in 218 out Nov 19 22:41:07 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMf6v32270 root@localhost: DATA[32270]: Lost bandwidth data: 842 in 65 out Nov 19 22:41:07 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32269]: Lost bandwidth data: 87 in 300 out Nov 19 22:41:09 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32271]: Lost bandwidth data: 1442 in 111 out Nov 19 22:41:10 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32280]: Lost bandwidth data: 3853 in 0 out Nov 19 22:41:10 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMfAa32280 root@localhost: DATA[32280]: Lost bandwidth data: 0 in 227 out Nov 19 22:41:10 pidgeme-vps ./hAJMfAa32280 root@localhost: DATA[32280]: Lost bandwidth data: 550 in 64 out Nov 19 22:41:10 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32279]: Lost bandwidth data: 98 in 294 out Nov 19 22:41:11 pidgeme-vps sendmail[32281]: Lost bandwidth data: 265 in 33 out Not sure what the ./hAJMfAa32280 root@localhost: DATA[32280] lines pertain to. I believe this is what is causing my Load Average to spike up from the 0.1 range to between 5-10. Eventually it will spike to 60-80 and crash my system. I previously had a problem with lots of "lost bandwidth data" messages from httpdmon in my /var/log/httpd/error_log file. I am running Redhat Linux 7.something Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6 Apache 1.3.19 I've tried /etc/init.d/bandwidth_monitor stop and it did stop sucessfully which seemed to allieviate the problem in the http/error_log. I can't stop sendmail though!! Thanks for all your help guys, Daniel - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
