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. -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.6.5-1.358 Serendipity 14:46:13 up 15:40, 9 users, 0.17, 0.10, 0.08
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