Hi Paul, > I have noticed that sendmail will shut it's self down under heavy load... > why is that?
That's due to this two lines in your sendmail.cf configuration file: # load average at which we just queue messages O QueueLA=15 # load average at which we refuse connections O RefuseLA=20 So when the load average hits 15, then no more emails will be accepted for delivery (until the load drops again) and only mails still sitting in the queue and waiting to be sent out will be attempted to deliver to their remote destination(s). Once the load average hits 20 Sendmail stops entirely until the load drops back below that level. FWIW: You might want to ask such questions on the user-list as it's not exactly security related. -- With best regards, Michael Stauber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix/Linux Support Engineer _______________________________________________ cobalt-security mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-security
