sendmail greet_pause feature

[Anthony Peacock]

Hi,

Joost Waversveld wrote:
> You must force posix locking... The standard will be flock locking. I 
> thought Julian is thinking about changing the standard to posix, but at 
> the moment the standard is still "flock"
> 
> So it must be "Lock Type = posix" for you... ;)

Is this true for all OSs?

I am using Sendmail 8.13 and the default locking on Solaris and I am not 
having any problems at all.  I always thought the advice was only change 
this if you are having problems.  I also recall that the requirement for 
posix locking is dependent on the OS.

Grateful for any correction.


> 
> Joost Waversveld
> 
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>    Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 09:53:08 +0000
>    From: Will McDonald <wmcdonald at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> Subject: Re: sendmail greet_pause feature
>      To: MailScanner discussion <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
> 
> 
>> On 01/02/06, Julian Field <MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On Linux, sendmail 8.13 and upwards needs posix, anything before 8.13
>>> needs flock.
>>
>> Is locking autodetecting, if you see what I mean? In the
>> MailScanner.conf it says...
>>
>> # How to lock spool files.
>> # Don't set this unless you *know* you need to.
>> # For sendmail, it defaults to "flock".
>> # For sendmail 8.13 onwards, you will probably need to change it to 
>> posix.
>> # For Exim, it defaults to "posix".
>> # No other type is implemented.
>> Lock Type =
>>
>> Does MailScanner *know* I'm running 8.13 or should I force posix locking?
>>
>> Will.
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