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- From: hz01930@hx.deere.com (Jay D. Anderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: reading mail from multiple machines
- Message-ID: <hz01930.720967785@cygnus>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 12:49:45 GMT
- References: <1992Oct30.182411.23128@olaf.wellesley.edu> <1992Nov2.143532.7287@cc.gatech.edu>
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- jd@cc.gatech.edu (Mike JD Espig) writes:
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- >In article <1992Oct30.182411.23128@olaf.wellesley.edu> kwolters@fred.wellesley.edu (Keith Wolters) writes:
- >>Hi. Can anyone tell me what the latest advice is on reading the same
- >>mail file from multiple machines (with AIX 3.2)? Can I simply nfs
- >>mount /var/spool/mail from a mail server? Should I do any tricks to
- >>make every machine forward there mail to one machine or use one
- >>machine as a relay? Thanks in advance.
- >>
-
- >I don't know if this will work under AIX, but it can be dangerous
- >on Sun networks - we've had files truncated due to locking problems
- >and mounts hanging.
-
- There is an option in the sendmail.cf file, R (use OR) that has a comment
- associated with it:
-
- # Remote mode - send through server if mailbox directory is mounted
- OR
-
- I have used a mounted /var/spool/mail on my subsidiary machines for three
- years without a single mishap.
-
- > -Mike (jd@cc.gatech.edu)
- >---
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