Put 1000 or so lines of data in a file and see :) You could probably write a script that would add say 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.4.255 and then run tcprules against it and see how long it takes.
Charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: ISP Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:05 PM > To: vchkpw@inter7.com > Subject: [vchkpw] How expensive is reloading the tcp.smtp.cdb? > > Related to my earlier post, how expensive is it - > resource-wise - to reload a tcp.smtp file of 100-1000 lines? > > If I have processing that is updating tcp.smtp every 5-10 > minutes and I choose to reload the cdb from that tcp.smtp, is > that a bad idea? > > The "qmailctl cdb" command runs very fast for me now, but I > don't have any idea what impact it has on any smtpd instances > having to restart or re-read. > > Anyone know? > > >