[sclug] mail setup: getmail, dovecot - and exim?

[Matt Dainty]

* John Stumbles <john at stumbles.org.uk> [2008-06-01 10:31:42]:
> 
> Ah! [penny drops]. Thinks ... doesn't that means that getmail, dovecot 
> and whatever delivers system mail have to agree on and correctly 
> implement a locking scheme, with the prize for getting it wrong being a 
> screwed inbox? I don't even know what the system mail delivery agent is: 
> I'd guess exim since that's installed, and I'd hope that programs that 
> generate system mail wouldn't try to deliver it directly.

If you're delivering to Maildir mailboxes, you've got the biggest
problem solved.

There's a specific way of writing messages to a Maildir store that
guarantees it's safe:

http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html

Matt
-- 
"I've seen his style before, terminal psychotic!"
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