Re: [Exim] Mail storage formats/ POP/IMAP/webmail daemon/etc…

On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Tom Samplonius wrote:

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> On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Dave C. wrote:
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> > 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 dont want the weaknesses of either model.

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> > 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.
>

Ok, you have 50,000 users popping their mailboxes, how do you distribute
this to multiple servers?

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> Tom
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