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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Er... how long
To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber)
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 12:07:06 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960529163403.4780A-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu> from "John Fieber" at May 29, 96 04:38:22 pm
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> > > For the record, if you use elm's filter, one day you *will* loose
> > > mail.  This is not a matter of if, but when.  This is a platform
> > > independent "feature", not a quirk in the freebsd version.  Do
> 
> > What race condition do you believe exists such that this will
> > happen?
> 
> I wasn't referring to anything so esoteric as a race condition.
> I'm talking about messages that cause filter to dump core.

What would be an example? (don't send me one, obviously. 8-)).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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