[Mimedefang] Creating a Ram Based Spool Directory

[Lucas Albers]

These are the steps to mount the mimedefang spool directory on a ramdisk.
on Linux.

Command to mount:
mount -t tmpfs -o size=200m,mode=0700,uid=defang,gid=defang /dev/shm/
/var/spool/MIMEDefang

Entry to add in your /etc/fstab
/var/spool/MIMEDefang   /dev/shm size=200m,mode=0700,uid=defang,gid=defang
/dev/shm/ /var/spool/MIMEDefang

This will not result in the loss of any mail, if your machine is powered off.

The exact steps are:
Stop mimedefang.
add the fstab entry
mount the volume using the command
mount /var/spool/MIMEDefang
start mimedefang.
Send a test message through.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU CALCULATE THE CORRECT SPOOL SIZE!
Please refer to the page, for calculating the size of your ramdisk:
http://www.mimedefang.org/node.php?id=16

Dave, can you add this to the tips page?

--Luke