Re: [PATCH] for lost mail due to NFS cache/locking non-atomicity

Chris Wedgwood (cw@ix.net.nz)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:03:12 +1300


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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