Hi Tony, On Thu, 26 May 2005 22:40:20 +0100 UTC (5/26/2005, 4:40 PM -0500 UTC my time), Tony Boom wrote:
>> In addition, both of the above IMAP servers do not use Maildir format for >> storing email, which is each email is stored separately. BatPost uses >> spooled email, IIRC.. UW-IMAP uses a modified format. Most of the other >> IMAP servers use standard RFC822, individually stored email, not spooled. T> I'm so glad I have a Technical Heavyweight on my side. Why couldn't I have T> thought of something like that to say :) :) ........ what I forgot to say .. .. what that means is that the majority of IMAP servers, using Maildir style mail format, does not require any locking of the spool when it is accessed, as there is no spool, nor folder locking, etc. To my knowledge, TB! uses, or used to use, a locking mechanism as it does when using POP3, which is on a spool, and stored locally. -- Gary ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.0.17 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
