Re: [bug-mailutils] locking mailboxes with imap4d

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Jordi,

> In response to a Debian bug report, I'm looking at why imap4d isn't
> locking the user's mailbox when it initiates a session.

It does not need to. To be precise, it does lock it, but only when
it really needs to modify it. Normally, the locking interval is very
short, so you have little chance to detect the lock file presence. In
fact, one of the huge advantages of IMAP protocol over POP is that the
former does not require mailbox locking through the session.

Regards,
Sergey