James [on his mailserver] wrote: > If i'm playing round with user's mailboxes, do i need to somehow lock > them? Yes. When manipulating mail spools, you should generally use both a lockfile and fcntl(). To create a lockfile, create a file in the spool directory, link() it to <username>.lock, and unlink() the original. This is the only method which is reliable over NFS. As a shortcut, you can use the `lockfile' program which is supplied with procmail. -- Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
