Excerpts from mail: 7-Jul-94 Re: e-mail over AFS ! Marc
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> Could someone explain to me why some people want to do *everthing*
> through the filesystem?
I don't think its just a few people who think that way. Unified,
globally scalable services using a distributed file system and
single-login authentication is the model which Novell, Microsoft, the
OSF and probably most other significant computer network players have
adopted as a strategic architectural direction. In a nutshell,
distributed services are scalable and manageable -- two critical
features that are missing on most large networks today.
Maybe its silly to put /usr/spool/mail within AFS. But the concept of
distributing a campus mail service is rich and worth pursuing.
