Here’s the thing that confuses me, and perhaps because I don’t know Interplanetary File System as much as I should. You have /var/spool/mail/user which changes every time you receive/delete a message, and that changes the hash/CID which I’m assuming will replicate to other distributed systems on IPFS. Is there a read/write lock so you don’t overwrite changes on server a vs server b. I’m guessing you could create a database in IPFS since it’s not just a filesystem which would allow locks, but that’s getting above my pay grade.
> On Nov 22, 2024, at 4:10 PM, Grant Taylor via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> > wrote: > > On 11/22/24 1:37 PM, Miles Fidelman via mailop wrote: >> I'm reminded of the days of MMDF, and mail-uucp gateways and such. > > chuckle > >> So, one answer to my problem is just to set up a copy of sendmail with local >> delivery to an IPFS file. But, that leads me to wonder if anybody is >> offering mail-gateways as a service - be they free gateways or paid? > > I don't know about commercial companies. But I've run various gateway sin > the past for hobbyists / retro computing enthusiasts. Feel free to email me > directly if you'd like to chat more about specifics. > > > > -- > Grant. . . . > unix || die > > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
