On Sat, 10 Feb 2024, graeme vetterlein via Exim-users wrote:
... I'm probably worrying about nothing, this is a standard Debian install
and this same issue exists for Thunderbird, pine, mutt etc
If you are being paranoid, I'll mention that if you are mounting the
file system over the network
On 10/02/2024 16:24, graeme vetterlein via Exim-users wrote:
mail_spool:
debug_print = "T: appendfile for $local_part@$domain"
driver = appendfile
file = /var/mail/$local_part_data
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
group = mail
mode = 0660
mode_fail_narr
On 2024-02-10 graeme vetterlein via Exim-users
wrote:
> So, taking j...@wizmail.org URL:
> https://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_appendfile_transport.html
> I see the text: (I've added **highlights**)
[...]
> use_fcntl_lock Use: appendfile Type: boolean Default:
So, taking j...@wizmail.org URL:
https://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_appendfile_transport.html
I see the text: (I've added **highlights**)
...Before appending to a file, a number of security checks are made, and
the file
is locked. A detailed description is given be
On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 04:20:19PM +, Andrew C Aitchison via Exim-users
wrote:
> *If* maildrop has problems working exim's way, there is exim_lock
> which will lock a given mailbox and then call whatever shell or
> script you wish to work on the mailbox ...
> https://www.exim.org/exim-html-c
On Mon, 5 Feb 2024, Jeremy Harris via Exim-users wrote:
On 2/5/24 15:01, graeme vetterlein via Exim-users wrote:
But it occurs to me I'm rather "living on the edge" here I have multiple
cronjobs an I guess with a single edit I could end up with multiple
writers. So I guess I need to ensure mai
On 2/5/24 15:01, graeme vetterlein via Exim-users wrote:
But it occurs to me I'm rather "living on the edge" here I have multiple
cronjobs an I guess with a single edit I could end up with multiple writers. So I guess I
need to ensure maildrop and exim4 share a single view of locking .
Exim's
On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 03:01:03PM +, graeme vetterlein via Exim-users
wrote:
> BTW this came to my attention while debugging a maildrop setup I noted it
> using flock(2) I also note it can use dot-lock files. Now fetchmail,
> maildrop, exmim4, procmail etc all work together in many combinatio