Re: [cobalt-users] raq4: SMTP server not responding

["Mike's List" <mikelist@xxxxxxx>]

Can you up the "20" in sendmail.cf?  Also, is it possible to change the
default 5 days mail-bounce in sendmail.cf?  Will the GUI/sendmail freak
out when you change it manually?

Thanks.


- Mike


On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Bruce Timberlake wrote:

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> > Every couple days I am notified that the SMTP server is not
> > responding. Sometimes it comes back by itself and other times I
> > have to restart it. Does anyone know what would cause this?
> 
> Sendmail automatically shuts itself down if the server load gets too 
> high (I think 20 is the default).  Then on the next quarter-hour, 
> Active Monitor will (attempt to) restart it.
> 
> If your server is routinely running at load averages of 20, you might 
> want to think about offloading some sites or services to another 
> server...
> 
> - -- 
> Bruce Timberlake
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