Re: sendmail fails to deliver mail with attachments in /var/spool/mqueue

Richard A Nelson
2000-11-10T22:27:04Z

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
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