Re: [AMaViS-user] size limit for ldap queries problematic?

On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 11:36:12AM +0100, Timo Veith wrote:

> Am Donnerstag 03 M=E4rz 2005 05:41 schrieb Michael Hall:
> > On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 01:39:41AM +0100, Mark Martinec wrote:
> > > Timo,
> > >
> > > > > I am trying to setup amavisd-new to query individual spam
> > > > > settings from an Active Directory via LDAP. AD limits search
> > > > > results to 1000 entries. (slapd defaults to a limit of 500)
> > >
> > > I don't think it could be a problem, amavisd-new does short
> > > per-recipient queries and obtains short answers.
>=20
> > A query should only match one directory entry. An email address
> > (recipient) should be unique, a query by email address therefore shou=
ld
> > only return one result.
>=20
> Of couse the email addresses are unique in the directory. But one messa=
ge=20
> can have multiple recipients, right?

Sure, so it does one query per recipient.

> > > > The question is how does amavisd-new recognices multiple recipien=
ts
> > > > for one message? If every recipient has his individual spam
> > > > settings, those have to be followed. How will the ldap code handl=
e
> > > > this?
> > >
> > > One query per attribute per recipient.
> > > (with SQL: one query per recipient obtains all required fields)
> >
> > The new LDAP does one query per recipient to obtain (and cache) all t=
he
> > attributes similar to SQL.
>=20
> This seems a little contradictionary to me. If I stay with the last=20
> statement, my question is still open. If there is one query per recipie=
nt=20
> AND one message can have multiple recipients, then it still could be th=
e=20
> case that the size limit of the ldap server is reached. Please correct =
me=20
> if this is wrong. I am not sure about it, that's why I am asking.

It does one query per recipient, if there are multiple recipients it does
multiple queries, with each query returning one result.

--
Polynesia - memory loss in parrots.

Mike Hall,
System Admin - Rock Island Communications <mikeh@rockisland.com=
>
System Admin - riverside.org, ssdd.org <mhall@riverside.org>


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