From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 21:49:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 21:48:53 -0400 Received: from attila.bofh.it ([213.92.8.2]:22223 "HELO attila.bofh.it") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 23 May 2001 21:48:47 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 03:48:24 +0200 From: "Marco d'Itri" To: "Stephen C. Tweedie" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Ext2, fsync() and MTA's? Message-ID: <20010524034824.C26674@wonderland.linux.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010521184758.B24682@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On May 21, "Stephen C. Tweedie" wrote: >Just set chattr +S on the spool dir. That's what the flag is for. >The biggest problem with that is that it propagates to subdirectories >and files --- would a version of the flag which applied only to >directories be a help here? Yes, please. It's what is really needed by MTA (not only for spool, but for maildir delivery too). -- ciao, Marco