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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 09:20:24AM -0700, Dave Peters wrote:

> I have a linux redhat ES 3.0 server with high load and
> sendmail is dropping connections. I think this may be
> the side-effect of high load. Any suggestions?

   If this load is unusual for the server you should first find and
fix whatever is causing it.  If this is normal load, and you just need
to tell sendmail to deal with it, look for these lines in
/etc/mail/sendmail.mc:

dnl define(`confQUEUE_LA', `12')dnl
dnl define(`confREFUSE_LA', `18')dnl

   These are the default Load Averages at which sendmail will stop
attempting delivery (QUEUE_LA) and stop accepting new mail
(REFUSE_LA),  Uncomment these lines (remove the "dnl "), set the
values as appropriate for your situation, and restart sendmail
(service sendmail restart).  That will rebuild your .cf and start
sendmail with the new options.

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Matt Brodeur                                                       RHCE
MBrodeur@NextTime.com                           http://www.NextTime.com

Politicians are the same all over.  They promise to build a bridge even
where there is no river.
	-- Nikita Khrushchev
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