Fwd: [Mimedefang] rejecting connects

[Mitch DSouza]

Nope, i don't believe that's entirely correct. Our Sparc machine at
work with 24 cpu's happliy runs at load average of 300. My Linux machine
at home get to 16 sometimes (especially when 'updatedb' runs) so it
not an indication that you really need more horsepower. LA spikes are
fine. Sustained load as you say is probably an indication that you do
need more horses.

Morale of my rant is that simply basing your purchasing trends on
Load Averages is not a good thing.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Mimedefang] rejecting connects
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:28:16 -0500
From: F.M. Taylor <ftaylor1 at mymail.indstate.edu>
Reply-To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
References: <3F4F2084.7080501 at 0bits.com>

Someone will correct me if I am too stupid to live, but it might be worth
pointing out that if your load average is above the number of processors in your
machine then your machine is overloaded and will experience performance issues.
  All the standard rules apply for bring the load down (more ram, faster IO
channels, etc.).

Mitch DSouza wrote:
> Defanger is failing due to sendmail rejecting connections
> because of the load on your system.
>