Hi.
We're evaluating/purchasing an F230, and are slowly getting all of our i's dotted and t's crossed in setting it up.
In our environment, the sendmail.cf files on our Unix boxes hand everything over to the main file/mail server in our group, which is a DEC Alpha running Digital Unix. The workstations mount its "/usr/spool/mail" as "/usr/spool/mail" or "/usr/mail", as you would expect. With this configuration, we've had very few file locking problems, presuming that life is easier if the sendmail daemon that actually manipulates mail files runs on the same box on which the files sit.
Now, we're debating about moving everyone's mail folders to the F230, which means that sendmail on our Alpha will be making regular use of NFS file locking.
Has anyone tried this? How frequently (if ever) do you run into problems?
Thanks & hope this isn't a FAQ...
Don Glascock
(ps, I'm new to the list -- is there an archive for this mailing list? I didn't see one on ftp.mathworks.com, and Majordomo says there are no "toasters"-related files. Thanks, again! :-)