Re: [Exim] Washington mbx again

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Tom Samplonius
CC: Malcolm Beattie, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Washington mbx again
On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Tom Samplonius wrote:

> Yes, but shouldn't Exim be using the c-client library to manage access
> to MBX mailboxes? I know that is a lot of overhead, but it guarrentees
> that it works right. See my other e-mail with a quote from Marc Cripin
> about various MBX issues.


(1) I see the point, but I fear a slippery slope here.

(2) When I implemented MBX, we had a requirement to use MBX format, but
with conventional locking. (As it turned out, this never actually got
used for real.)


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