[Mimedefang] Poll: Who uses the "filter_tick" and "map" functionality of MIMEDefang? (-X and -N options to mimedefang-multiplexor)

Paul Murphy pjm at ousekjarr.org
Thu Apr 28 18:02:17 EDT 2016


>> I use filter_tick on very small servers to keep a database connection 
>> alive (<200 messages per day, and overnight 3-4 hours can pass without 
>> a message),

>That's not a good approach; you don't know which process handles the tick, so another process's connection could die.

Actually I do when it matters, since as it's a very small server the number of MD slaves is set at a minimum of 1... ;-)

Best Wishes,

Paul.




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