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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 12:07:08 -0500
From: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com>
To: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: SENDMAIL rejecting connections
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On Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 02:26:33PM -0800, Randy A. Katz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Sorry if this question has been posed before but I'm in a small bind.
> Sendmail is saying rejecting connections on ports 25: load average (it must
> be too high). This is on a high load server. Is there any way of increasing
> the value or telling sendmail that it shouldn't turn off.
> 
> HELP!!!
> 
> Thanx,
> Randy Katz

Hello Randy,

What version of sendmail is your system running?
  
  sendmail -d0.1 < /dev/null

If your system is running V8.7 or newer, set `RefuseLA' to a higher value
in /etc/sendmail.cf and HUP sendmail. I believe it defaults to 12.

   # load average at which we refuse connections
   O RefuseLA=12

If your system is running an older version of sendmail, set `X' to a 
higher value in /etc/sendmail.cf and HUP sendmail.

   # load average at which we refuse connections
   OX12

If you want to disable the load average checking (not that I am recommending it), 
try 

   #define LA_TYPE     LA_ZERO

in the appropriate section (BSD 4.4) of /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/conf.h,
then build and install the new version.

-- 
Regards,
Norman C. Rice, Jr.