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Date:      Wed, 29 May 1996 11:09:53 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber)
Cc:        rhh@ct.picker.com, p.richards@elsevier.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Er... how long
Message-ID:  <199605291809.LAA13861@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960529092845.1764D-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu> from "John Fieber" at May 29, 96 09:33:58 am

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> > Incidentally, ELM also comes with "filter" (a sendmail .forward filter
> > program) which allows you to filter out mail from different lists into
> > different mail file folders so you don't have to deal with this manually.
> > It's similar to procmail (so I've heard), but allegedly procmail is more
> > capable.  FWIW, here's a sample portion of my ~/.elm/filter-rules:
> 
> 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
> the right thing and use procmail.  Unfortunately, the syntax of
> procmail rules file are a little obtuse when compared to filter
> but I guess it makes for faster parsing. 

What race condition do you believe exists such that this will
happen?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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