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_at_gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org -- Brian Reichert <reichert_at_numachi.com> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at largeReceived on Fri Jan 23 2004 - 13:32:02 UTC
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