Re: NFS in 2.1.130??

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
30 Nov 1998 18:31:24 GMT

Followup to: <73tgs5$s1n$1@work2.noris.de>
By author: smurf@noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > Is there a "better" alternative to using NFS servers for email storage?
>
> You can use NFS for emails without any problems at all -- you just need
> a better file format. "Maildir" works nicely, is well-documented, and is
> supported by mutt (which is all that matters to me ;-).
>

True, although I would claim IMAP is a better alternative, since you
can get through to an IMAP server without needing to have the mail
server mounted. Useful for when you go on the road with a laptop and
PPP.

-hpa

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