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List:       c-client
Subject:    Re: Again on dot-locks
From:       Federico Giannici <giannici () neomedia ! it>
Date:       1999-08-26 17:40:04
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> That transcript that you sent was perfectly normal.  The new imapd was able to
> acquire a read/write session without any problems.

This is because i deleted the stale lock file...

> What problems are you seeing?  What error messages are you getting when the
> problem happens?

When a stale lock file remains into /tmp then the corresponding user
isn't able to access its mailbox any longer...

> How does your every-5-minutes script decide if a lock is
> stale or not?

If no process exists with the pid written into the lock file, then the
script argue that the lock is stale!
To be sure, it also makes a second check after 5 secs.

> Perhaps you need to suspend your script, in order to do an imapd transcript
> that demonstrates the problem.

OK, I'll do...

Bye,
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