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On 16 Dec 2001, Robert Love wrote:

> have lots of memory to spare, give it a try.  Mount /tmp or all of /var
> in tmpfs.

What?  /var contains things like /var/spool/mail.  I _really_ doubt
that mailboxes disappearing after reboot will make anyone happy.

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