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I wish I didn't have to use Thunderbird

I wish I didn't have to use Thunderbird

Posted Jul 27, 2006 2:32 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104)
In reply to: I wish I didn't have to use Thunderbird by ringerc
Parent article: Five Power Tips for Thunderbird (Summersault Weblog)

This script limits evolution to the measly half gig:

#!/bin/sh
ulimit -m 524288
exec /usr/bin/evolution "$@"
This way, if evolution gets "sick", it dies quickly and gracefully without hogging all memory and swap. This may work with Thunderbird too.


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