#! /bin/sh
-set -e
-if ! [ -e ~/.nomail ]; then
- date >> ~/.fetchmail/log
- fetchmail >> ~/.fetchmail/log
- bsmtp-pull gluck
+loadavg="$(cut -d. -f1 /proc/loadavg)"
+if [ "$loadavg" -ge 5 ]; then
+ # System load is too high. Don't contribute to it.
+ exit 0
fi
+date >> ~/.fetchmail/log
+fetchmail >> ~/.fetchmail/log
+bsmtp-pull gluck
+
exit 0