On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Warren Baker wrote:

> Besides the downside of using it in conjunction with queue_run_in_order, 
> surely the majority of installations out there make use of 
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> split_spool_directory - so should it not be enabled by default since it 
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Have you any evidence for this? My (also totally unsubstantiated) guess 
would be that "the majority of installations" are single-user or 
small-company users of Debian boxes. I think we just don't know. 
 
> is beneficial?

It may not always be beneficial, though the difference may be small and 
one is splitting hairs to argue about it. (e.g. a company with 100 
emails a day and such like).

Changing the default in the code would suddently hit a lot of existing 
installations, who might not know what is going on, even though it is a 
self-sorting-out change. It's the kind of change which, if it is to be 
made at all, should only be part of a major upgrade (something like the 
Exim 3->Exim 4 upgrade) IMHO.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service
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