This would also be good for Linux versions up to and including 2.0.36
which don't handle more than 256 file descriptors (forgive me if I have
the terminology wrong) without applying a patch to the kernel sources and
recompiling - which I had to do. By the way, Squid for example, checks the
FD_LIMIT in the ./configure stage and compiles accordingly. Linux 2.2 has
lots more FDs and is probably not a problem.
Ben
On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Sascha Pollok wrote:
>
> > My virtual_alias handler uses virtual-domains files for every virtual
> > domain. Maybe exim opens all the 100 files while processing the mail?
>
> Yes, that is what is happening, I think. Exim is being clever and
> caching open lsearch files in case there are further addresses in the
> same domain. I can't do anything quickly, but I have made a note to see
> if I can make it recover from "Too many open files" at some point in the
> future. Or at least put a limit on the number of open files that it
> caches.
>
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