Re: [exim] Large hints database

On 11/9/06, Zbigniew Szalbot <zbyszek@???> wrote:

> > Using exim_tidydb as described in the manual will reduce the data within
> > the files, but may not reduce the actual or apparent size of the files
> > (I am unsure of this, but unless exim_tidydb removes and rewrites the
> > file it is very very unlikely to reduce the disk usage).
>
> As suggested in the hadnbook, it does reduce the data within but does not
> shrink the file size. Also, correct me if I am wrong but under FreeBSD,
> the tiding operation is done automatically by the system (at least this is
> what I think happens on my system :)

I would think that most packaged versions of exim setup exim_tidydb to
run from cron.

regards,
john