LDF - Excessive resource usage spamd

[eglwolf]

What does this mean?

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Excessive resource usage: lotusm (549 (Parent PID:23184))

Time:         Fri Nov 15 10:09:15 2013 -0800
Account:      lotusm
Resource:     Process Time
Exceeded:     3261 > 1800 (seconds)
Executable:   /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/perl/514/bin/perl
Command Line: spamd child
PID:          549 (Parent PID:23184)
Killed:       No

[nobodyfamous]

I came across this post searching for the same exe.

Other posts said to just whitelist it. It is my understanding that this has something to do with email. What if I do get hacked and some other file starts sending email, will it not use this same process?