[CentOS] Sendmail burst of "rejecting connections" - why?

[Karanbir Singh]

Steve Snyder wrote:
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> May 25 07:09:24 server sendmail[2942]: rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 24
> May 25 07:09:39 server sendmail[2942]: rejecting connections on daemon MTA: load average: 25

system loads > 20 are not normal, try running 'sar' over a period of
time to figure out whats going on, are you seeing very high iowait or it
could even be d-state proc's causing this high load.

your solution to the issue is going to be working out what / why such a
high load is being reported.

- KB
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