Re: Question about Greylisting and deleting Zero-Length-Entries

On 11/02/2011 03:11 AM, trog@... wrote:
> Quoting Eric Shubert<ejs@...>:
>
>> I've been wondering though about perhaps using tmpfs for the graylist
>> tree. That might be a potential solution as well for hosts that process
>> huge amounts of email. Of course the whole tree would be lost on
>> rebooting, but if that was a problem it could be copied off periodically
>> and restored. If I get some time one day, I may do some test comparisons.
>>
>
> The thought of using up RAM for the graylist data doesn't fit well
> with me. I'd much rather have the RAM used as file cache, for both the
> mail itself, and for things like AV signatures.
>
> -trog

Me too, but it depends on the amount. We're only talking inodes really. 
Might not take up all that much space. You're running a huge amount of 
messages though, so it might be a significant amount. Just a thought.

--

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'