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Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't you be checking $loads[0] rather than $loads[1]? Nothing else immediately stands out as being wrong :-)
HTH,
Tim
Update: Okay, there are a few other problems. Most of them have been discussed below, so I won't reiterate (or is that preiterate?). Note however that you set $config{alert} but actually check $config{notify}. (Insert usual spiel about use strict here :-P)
I also rewrote the /proc/loadavg access thusly:
Do all that and it seems to work, on a one check per run basis.open (LOADAVG,"/proc/loadavg"); while (<LOADAVG>) { @loads = split(/ /); }
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