Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:03:12 +1300 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] for lost mail due to NFS cache/locking non-atomicity |
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On Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 09:04:05PM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> - I know mail over NFS is not recommended but some of us do it > anyway.
Actually, plenty of people do this -- even large ISPs. Its one way to provide centralized storage and redundancy in the access (the file-server(s) themselves are also redundant with multiple machines able to mount the drives via FCA).
> - This bug can also bite mail folders kept in a user's home > directory, which are often mounted over NFS. Depending on what > the user is up to.
Qmail stores mail here doesn't it?
-cw
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