Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 19:34:14 -0600 (CST) From: Tim Tsai <ttsai@edison.ebicom.net> To: af@biomath.jussieu.fr (Alain FAUCONNET) Cc: ttsai@pobox.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd for mail/shell server Message-ID: <199612200134.TAA13044@edison.ebicom.net> In-Reply-To: <199612191326.AA03396@iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr> from "Alain FAUCONNET" at Dec 19, 96 02:26:41 pm
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> My rule is to use *only* mail user agents and mail delivery agents > that use and understand the most basic locking mechanism: dot file > locking i.e. creation of a /var/spool/mail/joe.lock file when > /var/spool/mail/joe is being accessed. Most mail user agents support > that, including elm if compiled with the proper options. Ah, thanks for the information. I was thinking too much. :-( I was worried about more advanced locking issues when mail doesn't use or need it. Tim
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