> How about a configed variable max_log_open, and have the log proc do a
>
> if (time() > log_expire_time)
> then attempt re-open
> log_expire_time = time() + max_log_open
>
> before each write ?
Could do, but it doesn't really do what you want. If it takes several
hours to deliver to one address (which is plausible) then the log would
remain open all that time if it had already been opened for a previous
address.
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