Folks,
I'm attempting to set up a mechanism on a sparc Solaris 8 platform to allow a user
e.g. a secretary to have access to another user's mailbox. I have approached this by
setting both users to be the same group and setting the INBOX file (mbx format) to
have group rw permissions. Mailboxes are in /folders/${username}. I'm working with
Outlook XP as a client (not through my choice) and by setting the root folder path to
/folders I can display and subscribe to the other user's INBOX file. On a test machine
I have complete rw access to the second mailbox but when I try the same thing on the
machine in service I encounter problems. I can subscribe to the INBOX file OK but
access is another matter. If I can see the contents of the folder at all any attempt
to interact with it results in an error message e.g. Unable to lock mailbox. I have
tried the same exercise with Netscape and the same thing happens. The only difference
between the test and service machines is the level of activity. Both have the latest
version of imapd installed. Any ideas as to why these locking problems should occur on
a busy machine?
Thanks,
Clive McDowell
Information Services
The Queen's University of Belfast
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