[cobalt-users] Sendmail and active state monitor

["Tolentino, Elmer" <etolentino@xxxxxxxxx>]

To Cobalt Users:

Anyone ever get this message:

Active Monitor has detected recent changes in the state of your server
appliance. For more details, please see the Active Monitor section of
the Server Desktop.

Summary of changes:

* There is a severe problem with the email system.
  - The SMTP server is not running and could not be restarted. The SMTP
server may shut itself down temporarily under extreme load. Check the
CPU load on the server. If the load does not appear to be the problem,
go to the Server Desktop and try turning the SMTP server off then on
again to see if this corrects the problem. If the SMTP server is still
unable to start, try rebooting the server itself by clicking the Reboot
Now button in the Power menu under System Settings. If the SMTP server
is still unable to start, please refer
http://www.sun.com/service/online/ for technical support.
  - The POP server is operating normally.
  - The IMAP server is operating normally.

15 minutes later I get this:

Active Monitor has detected recent changes in the state of your server
appliance. For more details, please see the Active Monitor section of
the Server Desktop.

Summary of changes:

* The email system is operating normally.
  - The SMTP server is operating normally.
  - The POP server is operating normally.
  - The IMAP server is operating normally.

I think this started after entering the DNSBL, but I do not think this
is it because the processor does not seem to be processing much.  I have
5 listed:

dnsbl.njabl.org
dnsbl.sorbs.net
relays.osirusoft.com
bl.spamcop.net
relays.ordb.org

Is this too much to list?  Could this cause Sendmail to restart itself?

I also recently started loading mod_gzip in httpd.conf?

Got 1GB of RAM and Raq 550. Usage so far is 800MB.  Chilisoft ASP seems
like it has about 15 processes at 26MB a piece.  Is there a time to live
setting that kills this process once complete?  This is just one site.

So DNSBL, mod_gzip, and ASP?

I am not sure if MEM usage spikes to more than 1Gig if Sendmail abruptly
stops or Active state monitor is giving a false reading.

Just curious what people think.

Thanks all,
Elmer