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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:23:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Richard A Nelson <cowboy@vnet.ibm.com>
To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@timpanogas.org>
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:

> Then perhaps qmail's time has finally come .... If sendmail cannot run
> on a machine with minimal background loading from a dozen or so FTP
> clients downloading files, it's clearly sick.  BTW.  I have another box
> running qmail, and it doesn't have these problems.

I have several boxen running sendmail with fair to moderate loading -
they even occasionally don't accept mail... and thats good, as it lets
the system catch up with its current load.  As soon as things stabalize,
sendmail again accepts connections - you *do* have MX entries don't you?

I've *never* had the problem you've got with *any* of the boxes - maybe
you should rethink your setup.  I'll wager that the qmail box isn't as
heavily loaded as the one running sendmail; why not split your services?
-- 
Rick Nelson
There are two types of Linux developers - those who can spell, and
those who can't. There is a constant pitched battle between the two.
(From one of the post-1.1.54 kernel update messages posted to c.o.l.a)

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