4.2 lost mail

[John Robert LoVerso]

> 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).
> 
> Is there a better fix to the problem?
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If you look thru the Version.c file; delta 372 refers to the options
"x" and "X", which alter the values of QueueLA and RefuseLA respectively.
Other than those 4 lines, they are undocumented.  At least you dont have
to go recompiling the code to change them (i put them in the config file).

Its agreed sendmail is a dog.  John Quarterman at UT told me about an
alternate mailer called "SM" (small mailer) which functionally replaces
most of sendmail and is written in peices (rather than one huge program).
Its from Lucasfilm.  Does anybody know more about it (as - where/how can
we get it??)

..John
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