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echo: net_dev
to: andrew clarke
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1995-09-01 08:51:04
subject: Type-3

> Have you done this yourself on Type-2 packets?  Where can I FREQ your 
ac>  ~
> domain?  I have done it myself, and I can tell you that it is a LOT of 
> work to do.  I even had to have two goes at it to get it right.  Oh 
> yeah, and I didn't want to have any speed penalty compared to all the 
> other mailprocessors that don't allow messages bigger than their buffer
> to be processed.  I don't mind there being a slowdown on the messages 
> bigger than the buffer though.  And 

ac> Why not use a dynamic buffer?

The user can specify how big a buffer they use upfront.  All memory
allocation is done up-front, so you won't get memory failures
halfway through tossing.  Assuming you specify some reasonable sort
of buffer, e.g. 30k, < .1% of your messages will exceed the buffer,
and require the "slow" (I don't think they're really slow anyway),
method of processing, so I don't see any need for that sort of thing.
BFN.  Paul.
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