Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:28:34 -0500 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS: Processes marked "in disk" Message-ID: <20040123222834.GA50907@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040123120155.A61090@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040120144747.GB13132@snickers.dahoam> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040120202652.53972C-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20040121022923.GB17110@snickers.dahoam> <20040123120155.A61090@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 12:03:08PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > For the record, > > It is NOT RECOMMENDED to put mail spools on NFS volumes. NFS locking is > not reliable and you WILL get corrupted spools or other wierd locking > behavior. Particularly with FreeBSD where NFS locking just started > working in 5.x. In 4.x, it was all a sham :-) FWIW: the qmail folks have a mailbox format they say is safe for NFS: <http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html>; I missed the beginning of the thread, so I apologize if OP's question was sendmail-specific... > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org -- Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large
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