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Date:      Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:03:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        Igor Mkrtoumian <imkrtoum@aua.am>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: too many files open
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.970725090308.27142d-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <01BC98E6.72505AA0@ararat.aua.am>

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You need to increase the ulimit - this can be done easily by editing the
config and recompiling your kernal.

On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Igor Mkrtoumian wrote:

> Our local network e-mail is serviced by Mercury. SMTP gateway sends mail to FeeBSD 2.1.0.
> Lastly very often we receive messages like this:
> 451 queuename: Cannot create "qfJAA11154" in "/var/spool/mqueue" 
> (euid=0): Too many open files in system
> We are shutting down FreeBSD and rebooting it again to overcome the problem.
> Can anybody help me please with the advice how to solve the problem permanently.
> 
> Igor Mkrtoumian 
> American University of Armenia
> 




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