While reading the ReiserFS FAQ, i saw this:
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Is Qmail *NOT* reliable with ReiserFS?
Qmail integration instructions are here:
http://www.jedi.claranet.fr/qmail-ReiserFS-howto.html.
Qmail assumes that link() and unlink() are synchronous operations.
Therefore, as soon as a message is received, Qmail writes it in mess and
intd, creates a link in the todo directory for further processing, and
tells the SMTP client that everything is all right.
With ReiserFS, link() is not synchronous. There is no guarantee that
the message will be flagged for further processing by qmail-send if
there is a power outage before the link is committed. The same problem
may affect local deliveries.
Here is a patch against Qmail 1.03 to correct that behavior.
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Is this also true for XFS?
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Florin Andrei
"All operating systems suck.
Linux just sucks less" - an MIT guy
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