> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:48:56 -0800 > From: Jeroen van Aart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Imap-uw] imap without nfs > > Joel Reicher wrote: > > > You *can* have imapd run on the same server as the homedirs are. What > > you can't (or shouldn't) do is leave open any kind of access to the > > mailstore because there's no guarantee that a random app the user decides > > to use won't corrupt the folders by accessing them as local files. > > But that then is their fault. It's unworkable to pre-empt every possible > stupid action a user can take. Better is to just have regular backups, > so if they mess up they only loose an hour or 2 hours worth of email. > Besides I have experienced that those who do know how to access a > server, say using ssh, have enough clue to not mess up. Maybe I have too > much faith. ;-)
We decided, for ease of maintenance, to have the mail server(s) NOT use NFS at all. The users that get mail on that particular mail server have a (small) local store (home dir) and a mail spool. Nothing else. If they want to run procmail against their incoming, they must have their procmail rc in their home dir (on that mail server). If they want to go on vacation, they have to set the .forward on that mail server. Yes, this means that they have two home dirs, but the mail server has been very, VERY stable since we instituted this rule. (No NFS at all.) It also means that each user can login to the mail server (eg, they have shell access), but this is OK since we have a large, technically astute set of users... (And in any case, it is very easy to teach those that are not what they can and cannot do on the server.) Regards, Gregory Hicks ------------------------------------------------------------------- I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton _______________________________________________ Imap-uw mailing list [email protected] https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-uw
