Re: [Exim] SMTP Cluster - Shared Spool?

(bazyar@???) [Saturday, August 10, 2002 1:06 PM]:

> What I am trying to figure out is how to handle the mail spool.
> Mailboxes are no problem, we are already using maildir for them. But
> can the spool be stored on the NFS server and shared by the exim
> daemons running on the front-end boxes?

No. File locking over NFS is HELL.

Have multiple mail spools (each with split spool directories) running on
multiple MXs.

Do something like

$ dig hotmail.com MX

for a hint.

    -srs