How to make Apache (2.2.4) less greedy, or Sendmail less polite?

[Olaf Greve]

Hi again,

Hmmm, the load is very high right now, and again mail is not comming  
through. This time, it seems the queue runner is blocking matters.

When checking /var/log/maillog, there are entries for the RX daemon  
having received messages, but also there is this entry:

May  4 12:29:38 servername sm-msp-queue[96724]: runqueue: Skipping  
queue run -- load average too high

Can anyone tell me in which sendmail configuration file or option  
this should be changed (if possible)?

Note: perhaps this can be achieved by the sm-queue daemon options. In  
rc.conf, I have the following settings for sendmail:

mta_start_script="/etc/rc.sendmail"     # Script to start your chosen  
MTA, called by /etc/rc.
# Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail:
#sendmail_enable="NO"                   # Run the sendmail inbound  
daemon (YES/NO).
sendmail_enable="YES"                   # Run the sendmail inbound  
daemon (YES/NO). - (OJG: CHANGED 18-12-2004)
sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m"    # Flags to sendmail (as a  
server)
sendmail_rx_enable="YES"                # Start the RX daemon
sendmail_rx_flags="-C/etc/mail/sendmail-rx.cf -L sm-mta-rx -bd -qp" #  
Flags to sendmail (RX part - OJG)
sendmail_tx_enable="YES"                # Start the TX daemon
sendmail_tx_flags="-L sm-mta-tx -bd -q15m" # Flags to sendmail (TX  
part - OJG)
#sendmail_submit_enable="YES"           # Start a localhost-only MTA  
for mail submission
sendmail_submit_enable="NO"             # Start a localhost-only MTA  
for mail submission - (OJG: CHANGED 18-12-2004)
sendmail_submit_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m - 
ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost" # Flags for localhost-only MTA
sendmail_outbound_enable="YES"          # Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO).
#sendmail_outbound_enable="NO"                  # Dequeue stuck mail  
(YES/NO). - (OJG: CHANGED 18-12-2004)
sendmail_outbound_flags="-L sm-queue -q30m" # Flags to sendmail  
(outbound only)
sendmail_msp_queue_enable="YES"         # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue  
mail (YES/NO).
#sendmail_msp_queue_flags="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m"
sendmail_msp_queue_flags="-Ac -L sm-msp-queue -q10m"  # Flags for  
sendmail_msp_queue daemon.

Any ideas, anyone?

Cheers!
Olafo