On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 09:52:35AM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Ralf Hildebrandt:
> > * Stefan Foerster <cite+postfix-us...@incertum.net>:
> >
> > > While I agree that it is totally obvious that table are re-read as
> > > soon as a new proxymap(8) process is spawned, on a resonably busy
> > > system, this won't happen too often. So getting a definitive answer on
> > > that one would still be helpful.
> >
> > Has this been answered? It also affects me, so I'd like to know :)
>
> There is no definitive answer. The strategy of how to detect changes
> is evolving over time, and some tables (pcre, regexp, cidr) do not
> implement change detection at this time.
>
> If you really must force a change, use "postfix reload".
Also, only use proxymap for IPC based tables (ldap, mysql, pgsql, tcp, ...),
do not use proxymap for indexed files, cidr tables, pcre/regexp tables, ....
--
Viktor.
