Harald,
If we are speaking about reliability.. what if the local machine croaks..
then anything in the queue (of that local machine) is lost.. that isn't
acceptable.
-j
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-----Original Message-----
From: Harald Hanche-Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: Qmail Queue mounted via NFS?
>+ "Robert J. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>| Is it possible to have two machines accessing the same queue via NFS?
>
>No! Your single copy of qmail-send assumes it is the only entity
>making any changes in the queue (with the exception of qmail-queue,
>which does however follow a specific protocol for inserting new
>messages). Break that assumption, and you're breaking qmail.
>
>You should always have the queue on a local disk anyway, for
>reliability as well as efficiency considerations.
>
>- Harald
>
