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From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
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Subject: semaphore problems
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My emailer occationally throws back a message - complaining of a timeout
on waiting for a semaphore - is this a sign of needing more semaphore
space? or is it a sign something isnt releasing a lock on something
quickly enough?