On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Jess Nielsen wrote: > If two users are sharing the same mailbox (read: each > of them starts the app and use the same user) then you will have this > setup.
That's why I said "almost no legitimate reason" instead of "no legitimate reason." The case you mentioned is one of the few exceptions. Note, however, that if the mail store does not support simultaneous access, then you can't do this. If two users attempt to do this, the result is that one user will win and one user will lose. The only answer in that situation is "don't do it." > I did already try both mail_ping() and mail_check() without any luck. If the mail store supports shared access (e.g. UW imapd with mbx format, Cyrus server), then mail_ping() or mail_check() is all that is needed. If the mail store does not support shared access (e.g. UW imapd with traditional UNIX format), then either the second session was denied or the first session was closed (and the stream is dead; this is what UW imapd does with traditional UNIX format). The recovery for the latter "last session wins" behavior is to re-open the session and forget everything that you knew about the previous session; that in turn will cause the other session to get killed which means that it'll have to recover by re-opening which will kill.... [See the problem? Hence the answer of "don't do it"...] One of the above two scenarios will apply to all compliant servers. If neither of these situations seems to apply, then perhaps you are using a non-compliant server. In that case, the answer is "don't use that server"; or, if you prefer, "there's no hope of winning with a broken server." Which server are you using? -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
