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Date:      Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:05:15 -0700
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        lachlan@lkla.org
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Memory Error using Mailman on FreeBSD. How to debug?
Message-ID:  <69739C80-0639-4808-B5EB-0D9553826559@dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <1153.137.153.0.37.1202210274.squirrel@sm.lkla.org>
References:  <1153.137.153.0.37.1202210274.squirrel@sm.lkla.org>

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On Feb 5, 2008, at 4:17 AM, Lachlan Michael wrote:

> I have a question about debugging a memory error on FreeBSD.
>
> When a user sends an e-mail with an attachment above about 500kB to  
> a very
> small mailing list (4 members), Mailman on my server aborts processing
> with the error
>  MemoryError :  out of memory

[snip]

>
> # limits
> Resource limits (current):
>   cputime          infinity secs
>   filesize         infinity kB
>   datasize           524288 kB
>   stacksize           65536 kB
>   coredumpsize     infinity kB
>   memoryuse        infinity kB
>   memorylocked     infinity kB
>   maxprocesses         5547
>   openfiles           11095
>   sbsize           infinity bytes
>   vmemoryuse       infinity kB
>

Try running limits as the mailman user, not root.  All the mailman  
programs run as your mailman user.

Dan




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