Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!daemon From: looi@sutro.SFSU.EDU (W. W. Looi) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: mail and 'quit' problem Message-ID: <#E22!_#Y@linac.fnal.gov> Date: 20 Jun 91 15:59:57 GMT References: <8634@awdprime.UUCP> Sender: daemon@linac.fnal.gov (The Background Man) Organization: San Francisco State University Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: sutro.sfsu.edu In article <8634@awdprime.UUCP> marc@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com writes: >In article , looi@sutro.SFSU.EDU writes: > >> We have three hosts running NFS, NIS and nameserver, and let's assume >> host A being the master server. I exported /usr/spool/mail from >> host A and had hosts B and C mounted over using NFS. With this setup, >> I was hoping that users could read mail irregardless of where the users >> are logged on, but the mail sessions froze on hosts B and C soon as >> the users type "quit" (& quit) at the mail prompt. Does anyone know >> what might have caused the problem? > > >This is a known problem and is currently being worked on. >For reference the APAR is IX18805. > >Could you please describe what you are using for the server and >the client? I would like to see if this occurrence matches the >one in the APAR. I need the level that the systems are running >on. If some of them are not RS/6000's the version of NFS that >they are running will help. > >Marc Wiz MaBell (512)823-4780 > Marc, the following is wh we have it set up in our site: masterserver: 530 clients: 230H networktype: Token Ring Thanks.