Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 23:35:22 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Locking and Mail spool Files Message-ID: <20010325233522.B1635@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <200103260312.TAA31832@akira.lanfear.com>; from "Marc W" on Sun Mar 25 19:12:58 GMT 2001 References: <200103260312.TAA31832@akira.lanfear.com>
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In the last episode (Mar 25), Marc W said: > So, in a discussion a while back, it was established that file > locking is basically broken under NFS. Does this mean that it is > simply a REALLY BAD idea to put mail spool files on NFS mounts, or > are there ways that programs like /bin/mail can correctly ensure > consistency while reading in data ... ? As long as everything that touches your mailboxes use dotlocking, you should be safe. Use procmail as your local mailer, and make sure your mailreaders use dotlocking. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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