Hi,

On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 03:30:16PM -0500, Anthony Eden wrote:
> Based on the QMail documentation that does appear to be the case.  Each
> application can handle locking however it pleases (or not at all.)  This
> doesn't necessarily mean that it is unusable though.  Perhaps it will be
> necessary to document potential pitfalls with using MBOX and place the
> burden upon the system administrator to choose whether it is really good to
> go down that path.  Or perhaps just implementing "maildir" will be enough.

I have something in mind that some Java Classes existet at gjt.org 
supporting maildir, but I have not found them (yet).

> 
> The other alternative is to try to understand the locking mechanisms of
> several common POP and IMAP applications and implement with them in mind,
> but that seems like a very dangerous and time consuming road to travel.
> 

Think you`re right.

Thomas
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