[imp] large attatchements

[Tomáš Macek]

Thanks a lot, I'll try it. Now it really seems to me, that 8 MB is not enaugh... ;)

Maca


On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Andrew Morgan wrote:

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> On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, [ISO-8859-2] Tomá? Macek wrote:
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> > Yes, that's fine. But I have the 8 MB memory limit, and when I sent the
> > mail with various attachment of total over 4 MB, apache died. That's the
> > reason, why I programmed the restriction for each attachment and the
> > total of attachment (yes, the total is already in the IMP implemented).
> > I think, that 8 MB memory limit should be fine... Why it was not
> > enaught?
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> > Maca
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> Processing attachments uses a lot of memory.  There must be memory to
> store the original attachment, the base64-encoded version of the
> attachment (which is typically 33-40% greater than the original
> attachment), and all the "normal" Horde/IMP memory requirements.
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> I'd suggest setting the memory limit to at least 3 times as much as your
> maximum uploaded file size.  We set our upload file size to 10MB and the
> memory limit to 30MB and haven't had any trouble.  Most of the apache
> processes use from 10-15MB of memory each (6-7MB shared), so memory usage
> is not a big concern.
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> 	Andy
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