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Re: /var/spool/mail on NFS



On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 10:12:18PM -0500, oneiros wrote:

> Use nfs-kernel-server, the userspace nfsd does not have the needed locking
> functionality.  Plus, it's tons faster and a lot more reliable, which is
> always a good thing(tm).

Better yet, use Maildir mailboxes.  Locking over NFS isn't reliable.

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Mark Brown  mailto:broonie@tardis.ed.ac.uk   (Trying to avoid grumpiness)
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