Author: Tom Samplonius Date: To: Dave C. CC: Michael J. Tubby B.Sc. G8TIC, exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] Mail storage formats/ POP/IMAP/webmail daemon/etc..
On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Dave C. wrote:
> Ok, but according to exim's doc, MBX locking doesnt work over NFS..
>
> Argh.. is there no format that doesnt have some major design flaw?!
Who said it was a design flaw? Many consider NFS flawed (design or
implementation) because of locking issues.
maildir is ok on NFS, as long as you're ok with the weaknesses of
maildir.
> I need to support a mixed environment - POP, IMAP, webmail.. I need to
> be able to distribute load over multiple servers - which unless someone
> has a better idea, means NFS.. I need speed and reliability. So far
> nothing seems to fit that bill.
I don't understand how NFS will help you distribute load, because
everything leads back to the NFS server holding the mailbox.
