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List:       qmail
Subject:    Re: Recipe For A Good Book On Qmail
From:       "clemensF" <ino-waiting () gmx ! net>
Date:       2000-05-31 22:46:04
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> Chin Fang:

> An example (which Dr. Bernstein has waned in qmail-smtpd man page in
> subtle ways): qmail-smtpd in general is quite small - 1.5 MB or less.
> However, if a newbie ISP admin comes in and slaps up a big rcpthosts
> (rather than a morercpthosts in cdb format), then qmail-smtpd can be
> as big as say 10MB or bigger, combined with high CPU utliization!
> 
> But, how many people would run into this, and whether it's fruitful to
> cover such topics need to be carefully considered. Compromises have to
> be made somewhere..

yes, but not here.  every aspect of configuration has to be outlined in the
book.  your own example makes it clear:  in light of the trouble a newbie
should avoid, the reader has to be told why there are two controls in
different formats, but covering the same purpose.

-- 
clemens

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