Author: Joachim Wieland Date: To: Konrad Michels CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] DB connection question(s)
Hi,
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 04:30:53PM +0100, Konrad Michels wrote: > Why this should suddenly be so today and not yesterday has got me more
> than a little baffled, but ignoring that bit for now, am I correct then
> in assuming that for every new SMTP session that requires a lookup from
> a database for, for example, aliasing information, creates a new
> connection to the database? Or does exim open a connection(s) to the
> database on startup and simply re-use connections?
I'm referring to the postgresql lookup module but I think it's the same
with mysql:
exim uses a new connection for each "instance" of it. i.e. if you do an
address test, exim connects once and reuses this connection. However it
has to open a new one after having re-executed itself.
You can see this by enabling the debug mode quite easily. exim tells you
when it opens a new connection and when it reuses one.
Try the debug output to find the reason for your problems.
Joachim
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