>But I have to ask why someone would want to run things this way. BSD >systems - by definition - use flock() in /var/mail. If you run MH with >dot locking for /var/mail, you're eventually going to lose mail, since >the MDA will still use flock(), even if you don't. Not to mention other >tools in ports that will be assuming flock() for /var/mail.
I know the user was on FreeBSD, but a quick googling shows me that there are a number of places that use dot-locking on the mail spool. Also, it sounded like Martin was just testing things. Seems reasonable to make it work. --Ken _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
