clone #214241 -1 retitle -1 exim4: Exim should monitor memory usage in addition to system load. severity -1 wishlist thanks
On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 01:01:46AM +0100, Greg Kochanski wrote: > Some spam filters, especially Bayesian filters, can take > megabytes of memory. (I have one, which when loaded with > 10000 spam messages and 10000 good messages, takes close to 100MB.) > > It makes sense, then, that exim have functionality to limit > delivery when the free memory of the OS is very small. > One could also limit SMTP acceptance when the free RAM > is small and the system is starting to swap. Wouldn't system load rise when the system starts to swap, allowing the load control to kick in? I don't see any advantage in this item (otherwise decreasing exim's platform portability). Please try to convince me. Your request has been filed as a followup to a completely unrelated bug and has thus been overlooked. Cloning. Please reply to the new bug number which will be assigned by the BTS in due course. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
