> Now I deleted a message in one session and quited the session (quit :)
> When trying to read the message in the other session, it failed!
>
> Ok, I said... It fails... Nothing to worry about, I mean, you get an error
> message, but nothing bad happens. But still... Lets see, what RFC 1939 says
> about this:
> =====================================================================
> Once the POP3 server has determined through the use of any
> authentication command that the client should be given access to the
Note the operative word "should" ... "as necessary".
That specification came from a world where most mail was stored
in a single file per mailbox. In the one file per mail Maildir, that
need to lock does not apply.
Note that IMAP has gone away from that requirement too (of locking
a mailbox exclusively).
Personally, my experience has been that for large POP sites - especially
ISPs - using traditional locking pop servers, tech-support spend a certain
amount of their life removing locks from dropped user connections. Switching
to unlocked POP servers gave them free time.
> Dont get me wrong here... I dont mind this "error", but wanted to let all
> you know (in case someone didn't know about it...
I think the archives will show that this has been discussed before. And some
prefer to interpret "should" as "MUST" in RFC parlance. In other words not
everyone agrees with the interpretation of the RFC as I've just described.
Regards.
