[Mimedefang] Slave numbers [was: MySQL Greylisting - server has gone away]

[David F. Skoll]

Paul Murphy wrote:

>>You may consider cutting back to two slaves to save system 
>>memory.  You certainly don't need 5 slaves with this mail load.

> Ah, but I do, because the mail pattern is such that I tend to get mail in
> bursts on a regular basis, where 4-5 slaves are busy for a couple of minutes.

That's fine; keep MX_MINIMUM low, but have a reasonable MX_MAXIMUM to
accomodate the bursts.

Regards,

David.