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


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