Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:10:49 -0700 From: GVB <gvbmail@tns.net> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetApp Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990910120917.015da478@abused.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909091625510.1552-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909091538390.66475-100000@staff.calweb.com>
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What locking problems will I run into? I planned on building qpopper with the server mode enabled so it doesnt copy the mail file to a .pop.username, but it still creates a 0 byte .pop.username file so that in a sense is qpopper's method of locking. What problems would I have with sendmail? Thanks in advance. GVB At 04:27 PM 9/9/99 -0700, you wrote: >We use qmail with maildir, so locking issues don't exist. We use several >mail servers and readers all spooling and reading from the same netapp FS. > >There will be locking issues with sendmail, unless you choose to use >procmail for a delivery agent which will address the NFS locking concerns >as well. > >But maildir is slick and easy. > > > >On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Robert Du Gaue wrote: > > > When you say you use it, are you using it in the method described below? > > We have an F720 here that has worked great for a straight NFS server, but > > I believe additional problems and OS issues arise when you intend to use > > this a backend for multiple mail servers that may end up have locking > > problems among each other. If this isn't exactly accurate I'd like to hear > > additional comments on this as well! > > > > On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > > > > Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 15:27:18 -0700 (PDT) > > > From: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> > > > To: GVB <gvbmail@tns.net> > > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: Re: NetApp > > > > > > > > > We use it, it works just fine. Use UDP v2 mounts, and life is sweet. > > > > > > On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, GVB wrote: > > > > > > > I am looking to implement a mail server solution using one machine for > > > > POP3, one for SMTP, and the other for WebMail. I am going to be > using a > > > > NetApp file server on the back end which will store /var/mail and > > > > /var/spool/mqueue. These two will be mounted on the appropriate > > > > machines. Anyone have any recommendations on this situation? I > have heard > > > > very good things about NetApp mounted NFS but I have also heard the > > > > opposite from others. Will Qpopper work in a NFS mounted solution > like > > > > this one? > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > GVB > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Robert Du Gaue - rdugaue@calweb.com http://www.calweb.com > > CalWeb Internet Services Inc. (916) 641-9320 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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