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[NMLUG] MTA daemon rejects connections, should I worry?


  • Subject: [NMLUG] MTA daemon rejects connections, should I worry?
  • From: _sarang_ at sarangworld.com (Sarang)
  • Date: Sun Feb 13 20:23:12 2005

My desktop machine emails me "LogWatch" messages daily + I've recently 
been seeing several:

rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
accepting connections again for daemon MTA
runqueue: Skipping queue run -- load average too high

messages under the "sendmail" section (as below). I read this as "sendmail 
temporarily stopped accepting/sending email because there was too much 
load on the system, but resumed accepting/sending emails later", so I 
wasn't too worried, but wanted to doublecheck what everyone else thought. 
Additional notes:

% The "**Unmatched Entries**" thing worries me slightly -- I'm not quite 
sure what it means.

% I didn't used to get these messages and they suddenly started about a
month ago (the message below is dated 31 Jan 2005, but I've been getting
them almost daily since about mid-January), even though I don't think my
usage of the machine has changed signifigantly.

% I have my hostname set to "domain.com", even though I realize that's
incorrect.

% Ignore the "sound" errors-- I know what that's about and it's not
important.

--
Sincerely, Sarang (_sarang_@sarangworld.com)
AOL Instant Messenger ID: JavaMath
Backup Email: saranghome@softhome.net
<html><img src='http://noproxy.sarangworld.com/EXP/rr.php?20050213.201401'></html>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:02:03 -0700
From: root <root@domain.com>
To: root@domain.com
Subject: LogWatch for domain.com



 ################## LogWatch 2.6 Begin ##################### 

 --------------------- ModProbe Begin ------------------------ 

Can't locate these modules:
   sound-slot-1: 7 Time(s)
   sound-service-1-0: 7 Time(s)
   sound-service-0-0: 1 Time(s)


 ---------------------- ModProbe End ------------------------- 



 --------------------- sendmail Begin ------------------------ 

83857 bytes transferred
10 messages sent

**Unmatched Entries**

rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
accepting connections again for daemon MTA
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
accepting connections again for daemon MTA
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 28
runqueue: Skipping queue run -- load average too high
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 33
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 27
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 23
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 20
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 17
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 14
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
accepting connections again for daemon MTA
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 12
accepting connections again for daemon MTA

 ---------------------- sendmail End ------------------------- 


 ###################### LogWatch End ######################### 




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