[Mailman-Users] List size vs. server memory .. and moderation via command prompt..

[Mark Sapiro]

Khalil Abbas wrote:
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>1- does the list members affect the server's memory ? I mean, is it better to split the list to 3 small lists for example rather than put all the members in one big list?


In Mailman 2.1.x, from the point of view of total memory used by the
qrunners, it makes negligible difference. Each qrunner maintains a
cache of instantiated list objects. List objects are supposed to be
freed when no longer in use, but there is a self reference that
effectively locks them permanently in the cache so the cache in the
runner grows until it has one instance of every list.

For other purposes such as command line tools and web CGIs, smaller
lists would use less memory, but these processes are transient.

This all assumes you are using the default MemberAdaptor. If you are
using, e.g, a MySQL or LDAP MemberAdaptor, it would depend on how the
MemberAdaptor handles the member list.


>2- is there a way to remove the moderation flag from a certain member via SSH command prompt ??


See <http://www.msapiro.net/scripts/set_mod.py> (mirrored at
<http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~msapiro/scripts/set_mod.py>).

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