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Re: fetchmail: does it lock ? I don't think so.



I HAVE RECEIVED MANY E-MAILS FROM YOUR GROUP.  CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME
HOW TO GET OFF YOUR MAILING LIST?    PLEASE.............

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter L. Peres <plp@actcom.co.il>
To: Shachar Tal <shachar@vipe.technion.ac.il>
Cc: linux-il@linux.org.il <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: fetchmail: does it lock ? I don't think so.


>On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Shachar Tal wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>qpopper is locking the mailbox you are fetching from. I don't know about
>>the mailbox fetchmail is writing to.
>>
>>Shachar.
>
>Thank you Shachar, but fetchmail does not write to a mailbox, it relays
>received email to the local SMTP mailer (injects smtp into it). If the
>source (POP3) is locked then it should be ok.
>
>fetchmail is also MUCH SLOWER than popclient for some reason (my setup
>probably, or postfix, or the rainy weather ;( ).
>
>Peter
>
>
>