Just glancing at the source of inetd, I'd say compile it with:

	-DOPEN_MAX=128 	(or higher)

and see what happens.

In message <199507201344.OAA08630@NetBSD.demon.co.uk>, "Neil J. McRae" writes:
> I've discovered why procmail gets stuck:
> 
> I setup a little script so that when I telneted into my box it dumped the
> ulimits:
> 
> /other/home/neil:neil@NetBSD>telnet netbsd neiltest
> Trying 158.152.1.20...
> Connected to netbsd.demon.co.uk.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> time(seconds)        unlimited
> file(blocks)         unlimited
> data(kbytes)         16384
> stack(kbytes)        512
> coredump(blocks)     unlimited
> memory(kbytes)       59608
> locked memory(kbytes) 19870
> process(processes)   40
> nofiles(descriptors) 64
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> That limit of processes and fd's is just way too low, inetd is setting them
> when it forks (?) there must be a way to increase this? ( I run sendmail
> from inetd as it is part of our security policy)
> 
> Regards,
> Neil
> 
> -- 
> Neil J. McRae.                                       Demon Internet
> neil@demon.net
>