From 92db8b2d0f0ff060769b2fd82ee7980f0f673170 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Hazel Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:51:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add comment about split_spool_directory to the default configuration. --- src/src/configure.default | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/src/configure.default b/src/src/configure.default index 3fb0ffa28..5b6f11af0 100644 --- a/src/src/configure.default +++ b/src/src/configure.default @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/configure.default,v 1.10 2006/07/27 10:36:34 ph10 Exp $ +# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/configure.default,v 1.11 2006/09/26 13:51:00 ph10 Exp $ ###################################################################### # Runtime configuration file for Exim # @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ hostlist relay_from_hosts = 127.0.0.1 # Most straightforward access control requirements can be obtained by # appropriate settings of the above options. In more complicated situations, -# you may need to modify the Access Control List (ACL) which appears later in +# you may need to modify the Access Control Lists (ACLs) which appear later in # this file. # The first setting specifies your local domains, for example: @@ -195,14 +195,15 @@ acl_smtp_data = acl_check_data # allow_domain_literals -# No deliveries will ever be run under the uids of these users (a colon- -# separated list). An attempt to do so causes a panic error to be logged, and -# the delivery to be deferred. This is a paranoic safety catch. There is an -# even stronger safety catch in the form of the FIXED_NEVER_USERS setting -# in the configuration for building Exim. The list of users that it specifies -# is built into the binary, and cannot be changed. The option below just adds -# additional users to the list. The default for FIXED_NEVER_USERS is "root", -# but just to be absolutely sure, the default here is also "root". +# No deliveries will ever be run under the uids of users specified by +# never_users (a colon-separated list). An attempt to do so causes a panic +# error to be logged, and the delivery to be deferred. This is a paranoic +# safety catch. There is an even stronger safety catch in the form of the +# FIXED_NEVER_USERS setting in the configuration for building Exim. The list of +# users that it specifies is built into the binary, and cannot be changed. The +# option below just adds additional users to the list. The default for +# FIXED_NEVER_USERS is "root", but just to be absolutely sure, the default here +# is also "root". # Note that the default setting means you cannot deliver mail addressed to root # as if it were a normal user. This isn't usually a problem, as most sites have @@ -275,6 +276,21 @@ ignore_bounce_errors_after = 2d timeout_frozen_after = 7d +# By default, messages that are waiting on Exim's queue are all held in a +# single directory called "input" which it itself within Exim's spool +# directory. (The default spool directory is specified when Exim is built, and +# is often /var/spool/exim/.) Exim works best when its queue is kept short, but +# there are circumstances where this is not always possible. If you uncomment +# the setting below, messages on the queue are held in 62 subdirectories of +# "input" instead of all in the same directory. The subdirectories are called +# 0, 1, ... A, B, ... a, b, ... z. This has two benefits: (1) If your file +# system degrades with many files in one directory, this is less likely to +# happen; (2) Exim can process the queue one subdirectory at a time instead of +# all at once, which can give better performance with large queues. + +# split_spool_directory = true + + ###################################################################### # ACL CONFIGURATION # -- 2.25.1