On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 14:55 -0800, Mark Hedges wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Timo Sirainen wrote: > > > > > How does IMAP lock the /var/spool/mail/user file? > > > > mbox_read_locks and mbox_write_locks defines it. > > > > > > mbox_read_locks = fcntl > > > mbox_write_locks = dotlock fcntl > > > > > > Unfortunately openwebmail only respects dotlocks. (or > > > flock, but procmail doesn't use flock, or doesn't say it > > > does.) > > > > You can change those settings. For example: > > > > mbox_read_locks = flock > > mbox_write_locks = dotlock flock > > > > Now Dovecot is compatible with openwebmail. And with > > procmail both are still protected by the dotlock. > > No, openwebmail only has the choice of either dotlock or > flock, but not both. So in this case, procmail could > deliver using dotlock but openwebmail wouldn't know because > it's only watching for flock. Welcome to my hell!
Ah. Well, the last choice is then: mbox_read_locks = dotlock mbox_write_locks = dotlock Dotlocking for reading isn't really optimal, but shouldn't really make much of a difference usually.
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