Chris, If the mailbox is locked--mailbox.~bx--then the modules don't mess with it. Doesn't matter what locked it. So the answer to your question is yes the file locking will still work and be happy. Bob ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 12:31:29 -0600 >I wanted to throw a question out and see if anyone has any ideas whether >this will work. We are planning to expand to handle an insane amount of >requests. The system that we are designing is as follows: > >1 External Storage array (1+ TB) >4 Clustered Imail 5.x servers (all tie into the storage via 1 logical drive >letter) >4 Clustered Web interface servers (these will handle all calls between the >user and the mail servers) > >The external storage array will contain ALL Imail user accounts and thier >mail. All user information will be stored in an external SQL server. >The idea is that the 4 clustered servers will "share" all Imail accounts >and pass requests to each other based on fail overs and load balancing. >The question is, can Imail handle this? Each email retrieval (POP, IMAP) >call will be made through a single server in the cluster, but SMTP >managment can be handled by ALL servers in the cluster. >Will Imail's file lock control what mail in the spool is already being >handled by another server? I know that Imail modifies the extension of a >file in the spool if it is being used, but what if Mail Server 1 and Mail >Server 2 BOTH try to access the same file at the same time? Will this be >handled in the same manner as 2 different SMTP processes doing the same? >Any advice would be appreciated. > >Thanks, >Chris > -- R. Stull Programmer and C++ code demolitions expert Ipswitch, Inc. http://www.ipswitch.com/ -- Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list.
