On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Jose Luis Marin Perez wrote:

It would be good idea to increase the maximum amount of SPARE?

Not just to make the SIGCHLD warnings go away. The decision is based on your email volume and available resources (CPU, RAM, etc.)

Take a look at your memory allocation and swap usage. If your server is not running near its load limit, sure, add some more child processes. When you start hitting swap, or otherwise start seeing performance degradation, take a few off.

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