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  • This is so intriguing... it says bash is being responsible for running this process... Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 4:48
  • The next step is an entirely different issue, but your answer helped immensely. Cool name. Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 4:52
  • Is it a system startup process? You can use pstree -or- ps -H -or- ps aux | grep sendmail -or- ps auxww | grep sendmail Let me play around a bit, see what I can find. You may want something deeper than I am thinking. Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 4:52
  • Thanks. This is the way bash is running the process /usr/bin/bash /usr/sbin/sendmail -FCronDaemon -i -odi -oem -oi -t -f root Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 4:56
  • I am not too familiar with that daemon. I usually find what I need with top in the terminal, then what I linked at first to determine what all it's coinciding with at that time. Do you have a beefy system, or it is truly slowing down your rig? On a side note, here is a process list I keep in my favorites; sorry I didn't link at first, I had to find it: link. Commented Oct 23, 2019 at 5:01