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Autore: Jasen Betts
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Oggetto: [exim-dev] Re: Proposal for Making Exim4 Cloud Compatible - Request for Community Collaboration
On 2024-07-17, Nasier Jaffer via Exim-dev <exim-dev@???> wrote:
> Dear Exim Community,
>
> We have encountered issues using Exim4 in a microservices environment, such
> as disappearing logs when multiple containers write to the same log files
> and lock file issues with a shared spool directory. To address these, I
> propose a collaborative project to enhance Exim4 for cloud compatibility,
> focusing on robust log management and optimized spool directory usage.


I'm not an actual exim dev, but this seems strange.

O_APPEND used by logging is SFAIK part of POSIX.1 if your container does not
support that it is broken.
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/open.html

File locking, well that's not my area of expertise, but I suspect it's
using some standard open(2) features too.

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Jasen. (not an actual Exim developer)
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