On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:54:13 -0500 Dave Pooser wrote: > On 9/13/14 1:38 PM, "Bob Proulx" <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > > >If you are using Maildir format then there are no locks. That makes > >Maildir format the format of choice for use over NFS. > > Excellent. I am in fact using Maildir, so I guess it's not just luck > that I've had no locking issues.
Delivery into Maildir doesn't require a lock, but a well designed IMAP server will still lock Maildir to avoid flag corruption. This is unlikely to make a difference to sa-learn, unless you are trying to do something exotic.