[Mimedefang] MySQL Greylisting - server has gone away

[David F. Skoll]

Damrose, Mark wrote:

> What about doing a query in filter_tick every 2 hours?

That won't work, because you have no idea which slave runs filter_tick.

Much better to fix the broken MySQL behaviour; there's no reason to shut
down a TCP connection just because it's idle.

You also should (as Jan Cornet recommended) have a wrapper function that
tests if your DB handle is OK, and if not, reopens it.  Otherwise, if you
restart the MySQL server for any reason, your MIMEDefang slaves will be
hopelessly confused.

Regards,

David.