Re: iCultist cites serious OS X flaw

Date	2015-10-10 21:16 -0600
From	GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.freeware, alt.hacker, alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: iCultist cites serious OS X flaw
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On 10/10/15 18:07, nospam wrote:
> In article<mvc8c9$1pn$1@dont-email.me>, Peter Köhlmann
> <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de>  wrote:
>
>>>>> if you try to write a file that's larger than the available space, you
>>>>> get a disk full error. that's it. no big deal. the system and the
>>>>> running apps keep on going, without crashing or losing data.
>>>>
>>>> Tell me how a mail server keeps on going without losing data (mail) when
>>>> the partition its spool is on fills up.
>>>
>>> who said anything about a mail server?
>>
>> You. Your claim: "the system and the running apps keep on going, without
>> crashing or losing data."
>
> nothing about a mail server.
>
>> Which is obviously snittish bullshit. Only imbeciles like you could come up
>> with such idiotic claims
>
> nothing about it is idiotic.
>
> what's idiotic is for an operating system to crash because the disk
> fills. that's fundamentally broken.

But at least OS X will give you a warning before it crashes that the 
disk is starting to reach its limits.
Gives one a chance to get rid of old log files, especially very big files.

>
>>> however, if you did run a mail server on classic mac os (and they did
>>> exist), it stops accepting mail. it's the same as if it was offline. no
>>> big deal.
>>
>> In short. it is losing data. No big deal for iCultists. They are used to a
>> unreliable platform
>
> nope. the mail is just delayed, which can happen for a wide variety of
> reasons.
>
> as usual, you're talking out your ass.


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