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- From: syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: Disappearing messages
- Message-ID: <1hn911INN98t@dsinc.dsi.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 16:12:17 GMT
- References: <12926.9212210930@thor.cf.ac.uk> <1992Dec28.084658.21502@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk> <1992Dec28.143340.14222@progress.com>
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- tucker@bedford.progress.COM (Kyle Tucker) writes:
- >We too have several experiences of messages disappearing. We use 2.3 PL 11
- >and this seems to occur when users leave Elm running for a long unattended
- >period such as overnight. I have mearly suggested quitiing Elm when not in
- >use and I have yet to lose any since.
-
- This sounds like you don't have Elm and your MTA set to use the same locking
- protocol. This can cause this to happen. In 2.3 the only locking protocols
- Elm uses are .lock and flock. In 2.4 we support fcntl (lockf) as well as
- flock.
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- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL17
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