Re: [nfs - lockd] mutt / elm (possible solution)

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 12:24:10 +0000


Aaron Tiensivu wrote:
> > I am not quite sure right now, but I remember having tried
> > nolock using automount, and got log messages indicating
> > "option not supported" (I have to check tomorrow morning
> > at work).
>
> Try this with Mutt:
>
>./configure --enable-flock --disable-fcntl

Hey, that looks like a good way to lose mail over NFS.

flock() does local locking only. Is bad if mail is delivered by a
different machine to the one reading the mail...

-- Jamie

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