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Date:      Fri, 23 Feb 1996 23:26:04 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        faulkner@asgard.bga.com (Boyd R. Faulkner)
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: elm:Folder is corrupt!!  I can't read it!!
Message-ID:  <199602232226.XAA05676@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199602231857.MAA01735@asgard.bga.com> from "Boyd R. Faulkner" at Feb 23, 96 12:58:15 pm

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As Boyd R. Faulkner wrote:
> 
> Folder is corrupt!!  I can't read it!!
> 
> I often get this message using elm.  elm then exits.  I assume I am trying to
> read the file while it is being updated by procmail.  I can establish dot
> locking from procmail but trying to set elm to do dot locking seems to
> mail the file unreadable.  

Do flock locking from procmail.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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