RaghuNath L rearranged electrons thusly:

> sendmail starts rejecting conncetions (o/p ps-ef) after the load reaches
> 25% and above .
 
hmmm... you are close

> if i increse the RefuseLA= 100

try this too ...

#O QueueLA=8

> then it accepets connections but still it does'nt clear the queue , is
> that both sendmail and apache can't be handaled by one server?
 
Nothing of the sort ... depends on a few other things ...

do a top, is there some sort of memory leak (the deadrat 6.x default kernels
seem to exhibit this under high load conditions)

See if there are some runaway processes (java threads for example) cluttering
your server.

        --suresh

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EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin

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