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Re: [cobalt-users] the SMTP (mail) server is not responding

Hi all,

I have this prob every time on my RAQ3.

The SMTP (mail) server appears to be down.  The mail server may shut
itself  down temporarily under extreme load.

will apreciated any help

regards.
Hi I had that problem a few times and increased a few things in the sendnmail.cf file in the /etc 

ssh in cd to /etc
copy the sendmail.cf
cp sendmail.cf sendmail.cf.old

pico sendmail.cf

then find these and change them

# maximum number of children we allow at one time
#O MaxDaemonChildren=12
O MaxDaemonChildren=24

# load average at which we refuse connections
#O RefuseLA=20
O RefuseLA=40


# load average at which we just queue messages
#O QueueLA=15
O QueueLA=25


Then /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop
/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start

Hope this helps