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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: /var/mail (was: re: Help, permission problems...)
From:       Terry Lambert <terry () lambert ! org>
Date:       1996-10-30 23:06:21
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> > > So in conclusion:
> > > 
> > > 1)	There should be an fcntl() awar "driver" to go with the flock()
> > > 	aware "driver", since this is the best approach to locaking
> > > 	on FreeBSD (and NetBSD and OpenBSD, etc.).
> > > 2)	There needs to be a subset interface for non-MIME-aware
> > > 	mail transport agents (which only care about the encapsulated
> > > 	message, not how to break out contents other than addressing
> > > 	tags, which are seperate anyway, by definition).
> > > 3)	Sendmail (out "mail.local") should use the subset interface.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > A tall order, unfortunately. 8-(.
> > 
> > Or we could just make procmail the default mail store agent ;)
> >
> 
> 	How does that fix the problem with IMAP4 under FreeBSD?

It redefines ".lock" locking as "correct for FreeBSD because the default
Mail Transport Agent uses it".


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.

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