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From: Paul DuBois <dubois@primate.wisc.edu>
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Subject: Re: [ELM 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] - folder is corrupt!
To: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies)
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 10:58:13 -0500 (CDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199608271532.RAA13946@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> from "Christoph Kukulies" at Aug 27, 96 05:32:30 pm
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>Since I installed [ELM 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] I'm getting often
>
>a 'folder is corrupt' message. Not 100% sure but the pattern appears to be
>that it happens often and only when I'm leaving elm while new mail
>is being received.
>
>Anyone else seeing this?

I've seen this under MkLinux when I didn't have a proper locking method
selected.  elm wouldn't coordinate with procmail when the latter was
delivering mail.