Re: [Exim] limiting que children

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 09:11:54PM +1000, Andrew wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I notice when exim has a large queue to process, it spirts off around
> 300 children - is there any way to limit it to this to say 100? (save
> the huge load spike, etc) ?
>
> I couldn't see this in the FAQ (I may have over-looked it).
>
> (Running a 2.4.x kernel - linux)

The option you probably want is queue_run_max, but unless you've
changed it in your config, 300 queue runners is too many. The default
is 5.

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Anand Buddhdev
Celtel International