Re: [Exim] spool over NFS?

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Ray Jackson wrote:

> Apologies from starting a new thread - my last one kinda died :(
>
> I've read differing opinions on this issue... Can I have a quick 'yes' or 'no'
> answer - is it safe to have a dedicated mount point for a mail spool per server
> over NFS (we use a NetApp FAS270's) using Exim 4.34? Will it be safe for NFS
> locking etc.?
>

The "old adage" that if more than one server will be accessing the mail
spool, mbox is problematic.

If it's one machine running exim and also running the pop3/imap4/etc
servers you should be able to get away with it.

If you're running multiple servers and want a shared spool on NFS, I'd
recommend investigating maildir instead of mbox for storage.

-s