Listmates, In kde 4.3, when kmail starts and has several hundred messages to download, spamassassin goes nuts and eats 50% of the CPU until it has finished scanning all of the new messages, this can take 15-30 minutes. During this time, the whole system is running very slowly (you type and wait for the characters to appear). How can I set the priority for spamassassin so it never takes more than say 10% of the CPU -- or -- tell it to only work when I'm not doing anything else? I'm not that concerned with email viruses anyway (I'm not stupid enough to click on attachments in a willy-nilly fashion), so uninstalling spamassassin is an option as well, but if I can fix it, I'd rather keep it. What's the best way to deal with this issue? Here are a couple of screenshots showing the effect of spamassassin on CPU usage. (It takes close to 100% of 1 core or 50% of the total). This box normally idles at 4% CPU utilization during normal use and browsing, word processing, etc. stays well within 15%. http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/screenshots/spamassas... http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_bugs/kde4/screenshots/spamassas... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org