On Saturday 05 October 2002 15:55, Luke Davis wrote: > I do that all of the time. Look into file locking (kernel and lockfiles), > if you do not understand why it works without trouble. I understand those topics. The documentation I've not seen relates to what locking conventions PINE follows. Kernel locks are not necessarily mandatory, and there have been particular problems with locking on NFS mounts. > Needless to say, large numbers of people have procmail deliver to folders > while pine is active constantly, and have no problems. True, I've not heard of problems, but the sceptic in me says that means "I've not heard of problems," and not that "there are no problems." Same applies to other client software that uses mbox-style files. I used to use cucipop too, and had not heard of problems with it. Indeed, I used it because my ISP (a large one by WA standards) did. I quit using it when I found it was severely broken - it didn't lock the mailbox. -- Cheers John. Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list