On 1999-05-24 19:22:19 +0000, Bennett Todd wrote:
> MH enjoys the advantages mentioned for Maildir that come with
> file-per-message --- applicability of Unix tools,
> performance edge for huge messages --- but without the
> locking benefit, since both the index file and the choice of
> filenames for messages require locking to prevent concurrent
> updates.
Even worse, there is no defined locking protocol for these files so
far. So I'd suggest you don't use MH folders in any situation which
MAY involve concurrent access to the same folder.
