On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Timo Sirainen wrote: > > If you set mbox_read_locks=dotlock, it should get created > whenever Dovecot is reading the mbox file. But it's > created ONLY during those times. For example opening a > mailbox whose index files are up-to-date doesn't cause > dotlock to be created. And when the mbox is actually being > read, the dotlock is deleted immediately after the IMAP > command is finished.
It was confusing me crazy that imap waits to establish locks until the read or write action happens. I think I got things worked out now with all the right options. Thanks for all your help! Mark
