Re: [AMaViS-user] Problem with sendmail-dual

[Ricardo S. <st...@ri...>]

Mark Martinec wrote:
> 
> | But what number is appropirate for confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN,
> | currently I set this number to 30.
> 
> The limiting belongs to MTA-RX only. The MTA-TX should not be limited,
> as its only feed is amavisd, which is already limited by MTA-RX.
> 
> If RX is at 15, then 30 is probably ok for TX. A value of 0 disables
> it entirely, so you may place this in the thishost-tx.mc:
>   define(`confMAX_DAEMON_CHILDREN',0)dnl  Disable, limiting belongs to MTA-RX
> 

Mark, should we limit it in RX ?  I know on your docs you suggest to set
it to 20, but what would be a magic formula to define it ?  I assume it
should be based on the number of amavisd-new child processes (which
should match queue runners) and Max No. of msgs per connection ?

TIA...