Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 18:07:42 +0200 From: Axel Scheepers <axel@axel.truedestiny.net> To: johann@broadpark.no Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount server:/var/mail /var/mail Message-ID: <20020504180742.B13115@mars.thuis> In-Reply-To: <1020511875.3cd3c683ae894@mail.broadpark.no>; from johann@broadpark.no on Sat, May 04, 2002 at 01:31:15PM %2B0200 References: <1020511875.3cd3c683ae894@mail.broadpark.no>
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On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 01:31:15PM +0200, johann@broadpark.no wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm running Postfix on my gateway, and I've found out the best way to access
> my workstation's e-mail was through NFS. I've mounted /var/mail.
>
> What I'm curious about is what happens when my workstation recieves mail from
> localhost, since /var/mail is exported by the gateway, I'm sensing some sort
> of conflict.
Hi,
Postfix will want to write in /var/mail indeed, but won't garbage the
files if it can write to them; you'll just get a mixed inbox if you
use it this way.
How about setting up IMAP or POP3 on the server. and let your favorite
mailclient connect to it?
I usually like to log in with ssh, and start mutt localy on my mail
server, but pop3 is running for my sister who uses Outlook for mail.
>
> Also if I want my workstation to do my gateway's makeworld, wouldn't I have to
> turn everything around and export from my workstation?
I do that too for my old 486/16MB gateway, I just started 'make buildworld'
on my workstation and exported /usr/obj to the gateway.
On the gateway I mounted it on /usr/obj and started 'make installworld'
(In fact, the src dir was also a nfs share) which was fast, since
it didn't need to compile everything nomore, but just had to link
the objects together.
>
> -- Johann
>
>
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