Subject: Bug#3901: dotlock" should be setgid mail

From: "Brian C. White" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 11:45:22 -0400

>  > Also the duplication between dotlock (TkMail) and lockfile (procmail) is
>  > rather pointless.  It would be nice to see _all_ the Debian mail reader
>  > packages non-setgid and just use lockfile/dotlock.  (Plus it means we can
>  > use a better locking method if one becomes available.)
> 
> Yes, we may have a unique solution, but i'm not sure that _all_ the Debian
> mail reader packages could be configured to use this solution.

Netscape and (I believe) emacs come with "movemail" which also does this.

                                        Brian
                               ( [email-masked] )

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