Re: [exim] Database type for callout|retry databases

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Ralf Ertzinger
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Database type for callout|retry databases
On 2008-03-12 at 08:53 +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
> Is is possible to use a different database type for the callout and
> retry databases (as they are currently Berkeley DB)? Cleaning up those
> databases takes very long on busy systems, and blocks the entire mail
> system during that time.


Yes.

The Exim Specification (spec.txt or the HTML pages), "4.3 DBM libraries"
covers the available options and how to build Exim to use a different DB
type for its hints DBs.

-Phil