Mike Horwath writes: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 11:06:16PM -0500, Joshua E Warchol wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 05:42:33PM -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> > >The Postfix Maildir++ Quota patch does not use a maildirsize file. It uses >> > >the filesize as encoded on the filename to calculate quota use. The author >> > >says that a maildirsize file is not NFS safe and violates the main goals >> > >of the Maildir format. Can anyone confirm this? >> > >> > Baloney. >> >> Sam, I would appreciate it if you could elaborate just a little bit. >> I think that the file is "safe enough" if it is written in a careful >> way. I just want to be able to implement it properly. > > Encoding it into the filespace does make sense, even if it does force > the delivery server to stat() all the files first, which can be a > major performance issue.
If properly implemented, calculating maildirsize will not require stat-ing everything, to hell and back. -- Sam _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
