[Chlorus]

> One should not use so much memory for a mail server, way too risky.

Is there a table or formula I can consult that will give this particular dumb person(myself) a handy guide for what amounts of addressable memory will introduce security risks for particular applications? Apparently more than 32-bits is obviously[0] a problem for email; what about databases? Should I feel bad I use more than 64GB of memory in my DB installations? Am I being irresponsible? What about web servers? How much risk does each additional bit of memory add?

My final question is, why does pretty much every other software maintainer not have a problem fixing the memory allocation themselves, obviating the need for external tools to fix these issues? I guess they're going the extra mile!

[0] So obvious a problem that sendmail, postfix, and exim don't require me to apply workarounds for it for some reason. Very irresponsible of them, if you ask me.