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Author: Wakko Warner
Date:  
To: Edgar Lovecraft
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Request for comment: changing Received header timestamps
> > > 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--


I'm not concerned about memory usage. THe box has 512mb memory. I wanted
to view the headers myself before the message completed. I know of no way
to do this before the entire message is received.

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