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Re: [Nmh-workers] problems with slocal

2009-02-16 03:15:05
belg4mit(_at_)pthbb(_dot_)org wrote:
I've discovered that slocal eventually times out (when run manually),
and that it only hangs if the maildrop it would deliver to exists.
If invoked with something like -maildrop /tmp/$USER, it exits
immediately after processing .maildelivery

This sounds like maybe you've run into bug 25043:
  https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?25043

slocal doesn't cope with the case where (a) you've compiled
nmh with dot-locking and (b) /var/mail isn't writeable by users.

Assuming this is the case then there are two possible
fixes/workarounds:

(1) if you're on Linux, install liblockfile and build nmh to use it
(2) don't use slocal to deliver mail to the system mbox file

-- PMM


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