Hi: Then maybe you have an open relay! 1- Check your mail server using: http://www.paladincorp.com.au/unix/spam/spamlart/ 2- Also check if you are here: http://openrbl.org/ 3- You can check what connection your server is doing using: netstat -tcpo 4-This can help to see the use of the net: netstat -iec I hope it can help you. Best Regards, Antonio Gallardo Oliver Schulze L. dijo: > Top does not report any heavy use of cpu. > Its a email server, only ports 80, 443 and 25 are open to the world. It > happend twice, and the problem occurs just before and uptime of 7 days > ocurred. > > Is like any process that use a litle CPU, scalate the load avg > > Oliver > > jdow wrote: > >>Use "top" to discover what processes are running. How well protected is >> the machine? What is its primary use? Are you sure it has not been >> compromised? >>{^_^} >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Oliver Schulze L." <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> >>>Hi, >>>I'm having a strange problem, after 1 week(6 or 7 days) my RH9 server >>> experience >>>a sudenly very high load. >>>The load raises to 14, then 20 and even 30. >>> >>>When I run: >>>$ uptime >>>it looks like this: >>> 10:11:25 up 6 days, 17:19, 2 users, load average: 49.26, 44.17, >>> 35.31 >>> >>>I reboot the server and then all works with no problems. >>> >>>The only not common thing I'm running is: openldap + nscd >>> >>>Any clues? >>> >>>Many thanks >>>Oliver >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Oliver Schulze L. > <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
