Hallo Chris Lightfoot, dear Chris Lightfoot, * [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote/schrieb:
> > However, since I've started using TMDA, I found that my mailbox remains > > locked forever in some situations. There's a /var/mail/martin.lock that > > just won't go away. I haven't yet been able to willfully reproduce such a > > status, but it happens fairly often, like once a week. > > You're certain that this lock was created by tpop3d? > What's in the lockfile? You should be able to compare the > PID to PIDs which tpop3d lists in syslog, to confirm which > program is responsible. Just a quick update: It hasn't happened again yet. If the stale lock reappears, I'll surely compare it's PID to tpop3d's PID. > If it's tpop3d's lock file, that's a bug and I'd like to > know more. But as a workaround, you can recompile tpop3d > to use fcntl locks only; fcntl locks cannot become > `stale'. However, if you do this, you must satisfy > yourself that other MDAs and MUAs on the system also use > this type of lock. Sounds good to me. Let's check back to this if I'm not able to bring the lock-file issue under control. Thanks Chris, -martin -- There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
