>
> smurf@noris.de said:
> > 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 ;-).
>
> Apart from the fact that new files can take a whole minute to show up on the
> clients.
>
> Try it - 'watch -n 1 ls -l' in an NFS-mounted directory, then log in to the
> server, touch a new file and see how long it takes to notice its arrival.
>
> I run wmmail on the NFS server, and exmh on the workstation - I get bitten by
> this almost every time new mail arrives - I see wmmail flash, get exmh to
> recheck the inbox, but it still doesn't see the new mail.
>
It is usually a good idea to use the mount option actimo=0 for
filesystems containing email. nfs(5) That could be the reason you
have to wait a minute to detect new mail.
David F. Newman
buzzwang@ourvillage.com
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