Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-48,: Re: NFS in 2.1.130??

# Re: NFS in 2.1.130??

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@noris.de)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:25:24 +0100

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Hi,

David Woodhouse:
> smurf@noris.de said:
> > You can use NFS for emails without any problems at all -- you just
> > need a better file format. "Maildir" works nicely, is well-documented,
> > and is supported by mutt (which is all that matters to me ;-).
>
> Apart from the fact that new files can take a whole minute to show up on the
> clients.
>
Right, but you can (or should be able to) set the timeout values for the
NFS directory cache to something smaller if you need the directory faster.

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