Try dropping the number of worker threads that apache is running. If it runs 
out of memory you'll see things like mail gate failing to send emails. On our 
system we had to trim this down (sorry I can't remember the exact apache2.conf 
settings im on my phone) but the problem for us was that apache would sometimes 
try to allocate far more memory than the box had (far more than 613mb... But 
our system is also far busier). Dropping this number helped immediately and has 
been great ever since. 

You will possilbly also need to tune MySQL to use a limited memory footprint. 

Given the cost of memory its unusual to see a box with that little ram these 
days; rt (and indeed just apache / MySQL) will be far happier with more memory.

Let me know if you want me to dig up the exact parameters we changed and I'll 
look for them later tonight. 


Chris Herrmann
Far Edge
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