Autor: Edgar Lovecraft Data: A: exim-users Assumpte: Re: [Exim] Request for comment: changing Received header timestamps
Wakko Warner wrote: >
> > No, that's not the way it currently works. It doesn't actually write
> > the -H file until the -D file is safely written. Up to then, the
> > header lines are kept in main memory.
>
> Personally, I wish it were written to disk as it was read. I have many
> times wanted this to kill off exim before completely receiving a large
> file over a dialup. With this information, I would have been able to do
> so easier.
> --
I guess I am missing something in that statement...
How would the writing of the Headers to disk before the data has been
written help?
The actual memory usage for the headers is rather small, even if the
maximum space for the headers is used.
--EAL--
