Urgent -- Lock Type = posix or flock?

Ken A ka at pacific.net
Thu Jun 8 20:19:48 UTC 2006


[root at xxx log]# grep posix /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf

# For sendmail, it defaults to "posix".
# For Exim, it defaults to "posix".
Lock Type = posix

[root at xxx log]# grep posix maillog

Jun  8 13:16:13 mailfilter MailScanner[3677]: Using locktype = posix
...

Working as advertised here.

Ken Anderson
Pacific.Net

Michele Neylon :: Blacknight.ie wrote:
> Julian Field wrote:
>> For the sendmail users among you, please can you check your maillog for
>> the Lock Type you are using, if you have specified
>>    Lock Type =
>> in MailScanner.conf?
>>
>> I have just discovered that possibly everyone is using posix when they
>> thought they were using flock (according to the comments in
>> MailScanner.conf)!
>>
>> This is pretty urgent and needs fixing. Please can you let me know!
>>
> I've it blank on sendmail servers...
> 
> 
> 



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