Patch: 07_snooze.patch Author: Tollef Fog Heen Snooze a bit to avoid eating too much CPU if you get an SMTP error. Index: Mailman/Queue/OutgoingRunner.py =================================================================== --- Mailman/Queue/OutgoingRunner.py.orig 2006-08-15 15:12:19.000000000 +0800 +++ Mailman/Queue/OutgoingRunner.py 2006-08-15 15:14:24.000000000 +0800 @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ syslog('error', 'Cannot connect to SMTP server %s on port %s', mm_cfg.SMTPHOST, port) self.__logged = True + self._snooze(0) return True except Errors.SomeRecipientsFailed, e: # Handle local rejects of probe messages differently.