Dianne Skoll <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:41:57 +0100 > Dave Osbourne <[email protected]> wrote: > > [Dianne] >> > 2) Does anyone use the "-N map_sock" feature that provides a >> > SOCKETMAP to Sendmail 8.13+? If not... again, I'd like to nuke. > > [Dave] >> I don't really know what this is... have a exposed my ignorance? We >> do use sendmail though... is there somewhere I can read about this to >> know whether there will be an issue when we next update? > > Sendmail has various map types, the best known of which is the Berkeley DB > map that typically implements access, mailertable, etc. > > Sendmail 8.13+ has provisions for a network protocol to do map lookups > over sockets instead of doing Berkeley DB lookups. In theory, this > lets you do cool things, but we found in practice the performance hit > was very high. > > If you don't know what SOCKETMAP is, you're almost certainly not > using it. :)
If your ambition is hardly limited then you may donate sendmail.org "socketmap alike over UDP". It could be simple assuming design for unix sockets. -- A. Filip _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
