On Wed, Jun 20 2001, Peter van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:15:11PM +0000, Nick (Keith) Fish wrote:
> [snip]
> > I'm not sure on the statement that qmail is unreliable under Linux due to
> > its assumptiopn that "link is a synchronous operation". I've never read
> > anything about it. Anyone else?
>
> This is true. I'm not sure, however, if this is ext2fs's or Linux's
> fault. If the latter, ReiserFS suffers as well.
I don't think it occurs if you mount /var/qmail, especially /var/qmail/queue with sync
option. Look at the FAQ:
http://cr.yp.to/qmail/faq/reliability.html#filesystems
Do not use async or softupdates filesystems. If you do, and if your
system crashes at the wrong moment, you will lose mail. Under Linux,
make sure that all mail-handling filesystems are mounted sync. The
same comments apply to sendmail and other mailers.
---jul
