On 2020-05-16 20:59, Andrey Repin wrote:
Greetings, Robert Moskowitz!
On 5/15/20 8:57 AM, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote:
On 2020-05-15 04:26, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Does procmail default lock the local delivery mail file
See also https://linux.die.net/man/5/procmailrc which mentions using lock files.
I am piping the output of a formail command into procmail. No receipts.
It was that man page that clued me into needing to do something about locking the access to /var/spool/mail/$USER file.
But what is the 'common' lock file name? The examples in the above mask the file which is the lock file.
Did you consider using IMAP?
What does IMAP have to do with this?
I think he did mean Maildir rather than mbox.
Thanks, indeed, I meant Maildir, oops. The procmailrc(5) is a good read, look for lock. Then https://linux.die.net/man/5/procmailex mentions examples of implicit lockfiles. (set VERBOSE to log more details) Some user experience with procmail and lockfiles: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/all-the-wonders-of-procmail-part-2-lock... -- Ruud