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Subject: Re: qmail, from bugtraq
From: Anand Buddhdev (arbanand.org)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 01:11:10 CST

On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 03:15:02PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote:

> > Is DJB irresponsible for not explicitly instructing people to install
> > such limits? Perhaps. But, then, perhaps he doesn't think it's his
> > responsibility.
>
> As the author of Postfix I DO feel the responsibility to provide
> instructions on how to use the software safely.

A noble thought indeed. But if every author out there starts including
instructions on how to do things like limit memory usage and file
descriptor usage, then there'd be a lot of duplication. When you go to a
trigonometry class, you're going to learn about sines and cosines, not
about how to add 2 and 2. It's assumed that you know that. If you don't,
you should be in that trig class.

Anyway, I don't see what the problem is, because DJB's website has a
section explaining resource usage and limiting, and how to use standard
unix resource limiting to control qmail's behaviour. 

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