On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 01:59:16AM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> I'm not 100% sure I understand what file descriptors have to do with the
> queue's performance. Does qmail require one or more file descriptors for
> every message in the queue, or only for the "concurrent" messages it's
> sending or delivering? If I have 4096 descriptors available to the system,
> will I run into any problems if more than 4,000 messages are in the queue?
No. Filedescriptors only apply to active concurrent
connections/deliveries.
The number of messages in the queue is limited by diskspace (try 'df')
and inode count (try 'df -i') only.
Greetz, Peter.
