Eduardo: I think what Mark was saying was that simultaneous access to an mbx mailbox from various incarnations of pine MAY not work correctly under an MS-DOS implementation of windows.
If only one incarnation of pine is running, the mbx SHOULD be readable. If your users *insist* on running two or more incarnations of pine to access the same mailbox, the results probably will be unpredictable. Regards, Gregory Hicks > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:52:22 -0700 (PDT) > From: Eduardo Chappa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mark Crispin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Abe Backus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cygwin patches for 2002e > > *** Mark Crispin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote today: > > :) On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Eduardo Chappa wrote: > :) > There is no way I can predict what a user will do when using Pine, > :) > and you must know very well that ignoring a possible case is one of > :) > the main reasons why users report bugs, so I would like to offer a > :) > full featured (or as much complete as possible) software for people > :) > in Cygwin. This means that if they want simultaneous access to a > :) > mailbox, they'll need to get it if the format of the mailbox allows > :) > it. > :) > :) Once again... > :) > :) Simultaneous access in the mbx format requires meaningful file locking. > :) > :) There is no such thing as meaningful file locking in Windows 98. > :) Windows 98 is not a real operating system. Nor are Windows 95, Windows > :) Me, Windows 3.1, MS-DOS, Mac OS 9 (and earlier), etc. > > Mark, > > Does this mean that the changes that you are accepting into C-client > will make Pine not work in Windows 9X when using mbx style folders?. I > believe you are trying to say that, but it is not completely clear. Your > answer is about locking, not about mbx style folders. I just want to be > sure that the answer to my question is yes. Can you confirm or deny this, > please? > > Thanks. Have a nice day. > > Eduardo > http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 6B1 | Fax: 408.894.3400 San Jose, CA 95134 | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The trouble with doing anything right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was." When a team of dedicated individuals makes a commitment to act as one... the sky's the limit. Just because "We've always done it that way" is not necessarily a good reason to continue to do so... Grace Hopper, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
