[Mimedefang] $Features not showing Net::DNS

Andrzej Adam Filip andrzej.filip at gmail.com
Thu Apr 9 09:17:33 EDT 2009


"David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:

> Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
>
>> 2) As I understand relay_is_blacklisted_multi uses Net::DNS bgsend
>>    "guilty" of horrible wasting of sockets.
>
> One socket per domain that you check against... not a big deal.
> On a busy server, the multiplexor will have hundreds of open file
> descriptors.

If you prefer performance perspective:
It means needless system calls.

Most likely it is not the most important performance obstacle but 
it should not be ignored in long run (IMHO).

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