Problem with httpd CPU usage on server

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