Re: maildir with softupdates

2003-07-24 Thread Terry Lambert
Bill Moran wrote: Attila Nagyn wrote: Is this statement still valid? ext3 is unsafe for maildir, and with softupdates, so is ffs. http://www.irbs.net/internet/postfix/0202/0358.html Yes, I don't think this is true for Soft Updates, unless you take your next statement into account

Re: maildir with softupdates

2003-07-24 Thread Bill Moran
Terry Lambert wrote: SNIP In reality, anything comes with a certain amount of risk, and that statement is too vague to be useful. Sure; you also forgot terrorists blowing up the data center where you computer is housed, and a total collapse of the government in the country where it's located,

Re: maildir with softupdates

2003-07-23 Thread Bill Moran
Attila Nagy wrote: Hello, Is this statement still valid? ext3 is unsafe for maildir, and with softupdates, so is ffs. http://www.irbs.net/internet/postfix/0202/0358.html Yes, It's also true that any form of write-caching is unsafe, so disable the caches on your SCSI and ATA hard drives. Simply

Re: maildir with softupdates

2003-07-23 Thread Raphaël Marmier
sync, as the potential of loss is much greater... just my two cents Raphael Le Mercredi, 23 juil 2003, à 17:38 Europe/Zurich, Bill Moran a écrit : Attila Nagy wrote: Hello, Is this statement still valid? ext3 is unsafe for maildir, and with softupdates, so is ffs. http://www.irbs.net/internet

Re: maildir with softupdates

2003-07-23 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:38:44AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: Attila Nagy wrote: Hello, Is this statement still valid? ext3 is unsafe for maildir, and with softupdates, so is ffs. http://www.irbs.net/internet/postfix/0202/0358.html Yes, It's also true that any form of write-caching