[rt-users] Problem with httpd CPU usage on server

[Colin Tisdall]

Hi,

I have 7 fetchmail processes running staggered every 15 minutes in 
/etc/crontab

15,30,45,59   * * * * rt fetchmail -s -f /home/rt/.fetchmailrc >> 
/home/rt/fetchmail-cron.log 2>&1
10,25,40,55   * * * * rt fetchmail -s -f /home/rt/.fetchmailrc1 >> 
/home/rt/fetchmail-cron.log 2>&1
3,18,33,48   * * * * rt fetchmail -s -f /home/rt/.fetchmailrc2 >> 
/home/rt/fetchmail-cron.log 2>&1
7,22,37,52  * * * * rt fetchmail -s -f /home/rt/.fetchmailrc3 >> 
/home/rt/fetchmail-cron.log 2>&1
9,24,39,54  * * * * rt fetchmail -s -f /home/rt/.fetchmailrc4 >> 
/home/rt/fetchmail-cron.log 2>&1
8,23,38,53 * * * * rt fetchmail -s -f /home/rt/.fetchmailrc5 >> 
/home/rt/fetchmail-cron.log 2>&1
1,16,31,46  * * * * rt fetchmail -s -f /home/rt/.fetchmailrc6 >> 
/home/rt/fetchmail-cron.log 2>&1

When the fetches start, my servers CPU goes to almost 100% right away 
because httpd uses over 95% most of the time (0% idle).  If I disable 
all but one of the fetchmail processes everything works great.

Any idea at what I need to do to solve this issue?  I am running rt 3.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Colin Tisdall
Axentra Corporation