From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Feb 23 22:41:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA06408 for ports-outgoing; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 22:41:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from ibp.ibp.fr (ibp.ibp.fr [132.227.60.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA06403 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 22:41:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from blaise.ibp.fr (blaise.ibp.fr [132.227.60.1]) by ibp.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with ESMTP id HAA13402 ; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 07:41:47 +0100 Received: from (uucp@localhost) by blaise.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with UUCP id HAA20031 ; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 07:41:46 +0100 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.7.3/keltia-uucp-2.7) id AAA20478; Sat, 24 Feb 1996 00:19:32 +0100 (MET) From: Ollivier Robert Message-Id: <199602232319.AAA20478@keltia.freenix.fr> Subject: Re: elm:Folder is corrupt!! I can't read it!! To: faulkner@asgard.bga.com (Boyd R. Faulkner) Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 00:19:32 +0100 (MET) Cc: ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199602231857.MAA01735@asgard.bga.com> from "Boyd R. Faulkner" at "Feb 23, 96 12:58:15 pm" X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT ctm#1688 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL7 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk It seems that Boyd R. Faulkner said: > 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. Use only fcntl(2) locking with Elm. Procmail should use the same locking as elm. Here is the output of "elm -v": Elm Version and Identification Information: Elm 2.4ME+ PL7 (25), of February, 1996 (C) Copyright 1988-1992 USENET Community Trust Based on Elm 2.0, (C) Copyright 1986,1987 Dave Taylor ---------------------------------- Configured Tue Jan 23 22:25:11 MET 1996 ---------------------------------- Use UNIX Mailbox Delimiters and /usr/sbin/sendmail Mail Transport Agent: not MMDF Let the MTA add the From: header: DONT_ADD_FROM Following mail spool locking protocols will be used: USE_FCNTL_LOCKING From: and Reply-To: addresses are good: USE_EMBEDDED_ADDRESSES Support Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions: MIME Use 8BIT content_transfer_encoding and -B8BITMIME -option: USE_8BITMIME Don't use BINARY content_transfer_encoding with -BBINARYMIME -option: not USE_BINARYMIME (This option isn't fully implemented yet.) Prefers Internet address formats: INTERNET No debug options are available: not DEBUG Crypt function enabled: CRYPT Mailbox editing not included: not ALLOW_MAILBOX_EDITING Subshell menu items included: ALLOW_SUBSHELL Spell checking feature disabled: not ISPELL Calendar file feature enabled: ENABLE_CALENDAR (Default calendar file is calendar) PGP support enabled: USE_PGP Remailer support enabled: USE_REMAILER -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #1: Tue Feb 20 01:16:51 MET 1996