I was wondering if perhaps the "maxchild" parameter was inspired, at
least in part, to keep a check on processes like lmtpd from getting
so numerous that the possibility of contention increases. Though,
that's just a wild guess....
>>>>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 03:55:41 -0700 (PDT),
>>>>> Helmut Apfelholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (ha) writes:
ha> Hi,
ha> this is greate that the development of the server is
ha> moving along. I hope that you guys at cmu also watch
ha> to
ha> mailing list, and have seen the 'forking problem' that
ha> ppl here have been describing. We will try to test the
ha> newest release and will report ASAP if the problem
ha> persists or not.
ha> Thank you
ha> Helmut Apfelholz