Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site smu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!smu!pedz From: pedz@smu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: 4.2 lost mail Message-ID: <32300006@smu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 18:19:00 EST Article-I.D.: smu.32300006 Posted: Fri Nov 30 18:19:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 03:35:11 EST References: <6079@brl-tgr.UUCP> Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:brl-tgr:-607900:smu:32300006:000:1072 Nf-From: smu!pedz Nov 30 17:19:00 1984 Look in /usr/src/usr.lib/sendmail/src/conf.c (the first few links may be different on your system) and there are two define's called QueueLA and RefuseLA which are set to some "low" constants (like 10 and 16). These are used as trigger points. When the system load average gets above these numbers then messages are queued (in the case of the QueueLA constant) or SMTP connections are refused (in the case of the RefuseLA constant). The problem you are experiencing is that when messages are queued, they eventually just get lost. The only way I know of to fix this problem is to bump the QueueLA up to some unreal number (like 1000). It may be that the problem is caused becuase the queueing option has not been compiled in or it may be that the code is actually bad. I do not know and I have not had time to fully explore what is wrong. I just know that bumping up the constant cures the problem. The reason I wrote this as a response is basically to get feed back from the (implied) questions above. Is there a better fix to the problem? Perry convex!smu!pedz