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Article #74Re: "mush -f" on a mailbox 1000+ messages big
From: Barton E. Schaefer
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1989 17:27
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1989 17:27
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In article <17588@gryphon.COM> oleg@gryphon.COM (Oleg Kiselev) writes:
} One of the recent MUSH "converts" has presented me with a complaint that MUSH
} trashes his mailbox when there is more than 1000 new messages in it. I have
} not had a chance to check that it really is a problem with MUSH (and not
} filesystem out of space or something of the sort). Has anyone else
} encountered this problem?
The default configuration for mush is to handle a maximum of 1000 messages.
If you need more, you can redefine the constant MAXMSGS in config.h and
recompile. This limitation is mentioned in the man page, with a remark
about politely asking your sysadmin to make the change.
The static limitation on the number of messages is a recognized problem.
However, a large number of functions depend on it for declaration of auto
arrays, so changing to dynamic allocation is a major task.
--
Bart Schaefer "And if you believe that, you'll believe anything."
-- DangerMouse
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!indri!caesar!blake!ogccse!schaefer From: schaefer@ogccse.ogc.edu (Barton E. Schaefer) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush Subject: Re: "mush -f" on a mailbox 1000+ messages big Message-ID: <3723@ogccse.ogc.edu> Date: 12 Jul 89 17:27:09 GMT References: <17588@gryphon.COM> Reply-To: schaefer@ogccse.UUCP (Barton E. Schaefer) Organization: Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR Lines: 20