[Mimedefang] Mimedefang errors: What might be the cause?

[ms at interspace.net]

Quoting Gary Funck <gary at intrepid.com>:
>> From cf/README:
>
> confQUEUE_LA            QueueLA         [varies] Load average at which
>                                        queue-only function kicks in.
>                                        Default values is (8 * numproc)
>                                        where numproc is the number of
>                                        processors online (if that can be
>                                        determined).
> confREFUSE_LA           RefuseLA        [varies] Load average at which
>                                        incoming SMTP connections are
>                                        refused.  Default values is (12 *
>                                        numproc) where numproc is the
>                                        number of processors online (if
>                                        that can be determined).
>
> For dedicated mail servers, the value of RefuseLA should be 
> **greater** than the value of QueueLA.
[snip]
> Hence RefuseLA should be **lower** than QueueLA, the number
> of daemon children should probably be lower than the number of queue
> runnners (MaxChildren vs. MaxQueueChildren).

> On a dedicated mail server, you want to set QueueLA *higher* than
> RefuseLA - the other way around will cause your queue to explode when
> the load is high
[snip]
> The default of QueueLA lower than RefuseLA only makes sense for a server
> that does other things besides mail
[snip]

So which is it??
RefuseLA > QueueLA ??
or
QueueLA > RefuseLA ??
should it be greater/higher or lower ??

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