Re: sendmail - kmail - lockfile ?

From: Alexander Dalloz (alexander.dalloz_at_uni-bielefeld.de)
Date: 05/31/04

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    Am Mo, den 31.05.2004 schrieb John Walsh um 13:34:

    > I have a question, see below, which someone was helping me with,
    > but their answer does not really cover what I want to know, because
    > they say they don't know how kmail works.

    Hey, I am not "they" :|

    > Anyone have a real/better/full answer to my question ?

    Yes: RTFM.

    > Which is, in short :- what locking method should I use for Kmail to read a
    > local mbox file that sendmail is delivering to ?

    Why didn't you just read the Kmail FAQ?

    http://docs.kde.org/en/3.1/kdenetwork/kmail/faq.html
    --> 6.32. Does KMail lock the folders it uses?

    The answer is pretty clear!

    So you either have to use a procmailrc filter file, making usage of
    locking and directing the mail into your homedir, or - as I said in
    private mail - use an IMAP/POP3 server which can handle the situation
    proper.

    > Extract from below:
    >
    > >I can't say how Kmail works. It should handle that case proper as long
    > >as there is a setup option to get the user's mail by accessing the mbox.
    > >You should not care about anything with that.
    >
    > Yes, Kmail has an option to read 'local mbox' accounts - but you have to
    > select the locking method for it - which one should I be using ?

    Answered by the Kmail FAQ.

    > Thanks,
    > John.

    [ snipped private mail content ]

    Alexander

    P.S. Btw. it is very unfriendly to publish (quote) the content of
    private / personal mail conversation without asking the other whether
    this is ok! Whether the mail contains personal data and information or
    not. 

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