On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 14:20 -0800, Mark Hedges wrote: > On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Timo Sirainen wrote: > > > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 13:54 -0800, Mark Hedges 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.
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