[Mimedefang] MIMEDefang multiplexor refusing connections after overload

[Björn Wiberg]

Hello David!

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, David F. Skoll wrote:
> > exited due to signal 9 (SLAVE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY)
>
> I bet this is either a hardware problem, or your OS is going around killing
> processes because of overcommitted memory.  I've never seen Perl die

You were absolutely correct -- the amount of memory was insufficient. Lowering
the maximum number of slaves solved the problem (each slave uses approx. 20
MB).

Many thanks!

Best regards,
Björn

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Björn Wiberg (Bjorn.Wiberg at data.slu.se)