Bug#214241: exim4: Exim should monitor memory usage in addition to system load.

[Marc Haber]

clone #214241 -1
retitle -1 exim4: Exim should monitor memory usage in addition to system load.
severity -1 wishlist
thanks

On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 01:01:46AM +0100, Greg Kochanski wrote:
> Some spam filters, especially Bayesian filters, can take
> megabytes of memory.  (I have one, which when loaded with
> 10000 spam messages and 10000 good messages, takes close to 100MB.)
> 
> It makes sense, then, that exim have functionality to limit
> delivery when the free memory of the OS is very small.
> One could also limit SMTP acceptance when the free RAM
> is small and the system is starting to swap.

Wouldn't system load rise when the system starts to swap, allowing the
load control to kick in? I don't see any advantage in this item
(otherwise decreasing exim's platform portability). Please try to
convince me.

Your request has been filed as a followup to a completely unrelated
bug and has thus been overlooked. Cloning. Please reply to the new bug
number which will be assigned by the BTS in due course.

Greetings
Marc

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