* Wietse Venema <[email protected]>: > Stefan Foerster: > > Two questions regarding proxymap: > > > > 1. Is a single proxymap(8) process able to handle multiple lookup > > tables? I.e., taking the example from the manpage, modifying it to > > > > mysql = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/ > > virtual_alias_maps =${mysql}virtual_alias_maps.cf > > virtual_alias_domains = ${mysql}virtual_alias_domains.cf > > > > and furthermore assuming a limit of 40 proxymap(8) processes defined > > in master.cf, will this result in 40 or 80 connections to the > > database? > > This depends on the query load. When a client needs proxymap service > it is either helped by an existing proxymap process that is idle, > or else it is helped by a new proxymap process. In the first case > it will share the table with other proxymap clients.
As a follow-up: If a clients needs to be served by a new proxymap process but none are available, what happens? Stefan
