Graeme Fowler wrote: > On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 11:45 +0000, Ian Eiloart wrote: >> So, Exim's limit isn't reached on my machines, but nevertheless the limit >> needs revisiting for those who don't have my problem. Marc's right. The >> limit is too low for modern hardware. > > ...to which the followup question is: what is a suitable limit for > modern hardware and OS combinations?
This still smells a lot like a large site optimisation. When running a large site there is significant tuning and tweaking required of the kernel and all the applications being used - in this case exim. If anything perhaps double it and document it as this will suffice for pretty much all sites for now. 900 peak is a long way short of 4096. -- The Exim Manual http://www.exim.org/docs.html http://docs.exim.org/current/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
