Lockfile on ~/Maildir?

The following snippet:

    :0:
    Maildir/

saves mail in a ~/Maildir.

Is the lockfile really necessary?

   Thanks,

   John

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John Conover, conover(_at_)rahul(_dot_)net, http://www.johncon.com/
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