Re: [exim] lock file

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Author: Alex
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To: W B Hacker
CC: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] lock file
I know that Maildir is bettter than mbox, but i need use openwebmail,
it works only with mbox.




2006/4/15, W B Hacker <wbh@???>:
> Alex wrote:
> > if Exim needs to delibery and email and i'm in a pop session, how exim do this?
> >
> >
>
> It does it very well. ;-)
>
> Or - to be more technical - it doesn't know or care if you are
> logged-in and receiving. It has no connection to the POP or IMAP
> daemons, save that of shared storage in the file system.
>
> There can be file system contention with mbox format, but you
> are not likely to notice it.
>
> Maildir format storage is generally not a problem - we run
> cross-box test traffic with Exim and Dovecot IMAP in Maildirs
> with well under 1 second transit and virtually 'immediate'
> retrieval.
>
> The Exim logs often show '0s' for both queue and delivery times,
> even with a fully PostgreSQL all-virtual installation.
>
> If you want something to worry about, make sure that you have
> both a fixed-IP and a proper DNS entry, PTR record especially.
>
> HTH,
>
> Bill
>
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