Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 14:11:11 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Steve <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: Blaz Zupan <blaz.zupan@medinet.si>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mail distribution Message-ID: <3447.861732671@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Apr 1997 13:53:24 EDT." <Pine.BSI.3.95.970422135205.682N-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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Steve wrote in message ID <Pine.BSI.3.95.970422135205.682N-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>: > Why dont you have to? How would you avoid the problem of finding > messages you deleted yesterday, in your inbox today simply because > you ended up on a different pop server that day? Because there are other ways to get around the problem :-) (Actually, I've had a LONG debate with my bosses about this issue for something done here, but that's another story). > > 2) Ever heard of a NetApp? The principle is very simple. You put up > > several honkin NFS servers in the back, and as many POP3 server > > boxes as you like in the front, mounting from the NFS > > server. Delivery and other configuration is an excercise for the > > reader. > But Freebsd doesnt have functiona NFS locking does it? or does netapp work > around this somehow? The people who I know definately use this solution (Netcom) don't use FreeBSD (for some weird reason). I believe AOL doesn't use FreeBSD either. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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