[Dovecot] Is dovecot NFS safe?

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Sat Jul 26 10:51:11 EEST 2003


Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de> writes:

> Well, Postfix delivering to Maildir mailboxes is a matter that Wietse
> isn't particularly fond of. Make sure your mount options are correct in
> that they provide synchronous link() and rename() semantics.

Whooops. That's a typo, I meant:

Postfix delivering to NFS Maildir mailboxes... (Maildir on a local file
system works fine of course, mbox on NFS is inherently unreliable and
heavily dependent on working locking.)

-- 
Matthias Andree


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