On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Mircea Ciocan wrote:

> > cfgfileget/cfgfileset
> > No you don't need to stop/restart the server.
>       This is OK by me, one little extra question, I assume that cfgfileset
> is storing the incoming file in a temp area ( mem of temp file) and the
> comit the change atomically when is ready to replace it, asking just to
> be on the safe side, I'm sure that you're doing that way ;)?

Actually no, the file will be write-locked during the change.



> > You have the ability to tune the timeout globally. Do you really need a
> > per-filter timeout setting granularity ?
> >
>       While a nice addition to have it ( like the ones in mailproc.tab or
> custom domains) besides the global value ( BTW is -QT <value> and it
> defaults to 90 sec for the people that search mail list archive), the
> timeout value  is not that important.
>       More important is failure treatment, some filters are VERY important,
> like virus scanners ( that HAVE a tendency to crash :( ) and archivers
> and letting a message pass without processing is a no-no, some other are
> not that important and need for a timely delivery of the message may
> force the sysadmin override that ( for example when a remotely
> spamfilter engine is not responding). So is there a way to configure the
> behaviour of the server when a filter dies ot time-outs at least
> globally and can you consider adding that option on a per filter case ??

Not right now.




- Davide

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