2 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-maildrop[maildropl] Re: maildroplog files
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Payal RathodDec 11, 2002 8:17 pm 
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Subject:[maildropl] Re: maildroplog filesActions...
From:Sam Varshavchik (mrs@courier-mta.com)
Date:Dec 11, 2002 8:40:39 pm
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-maildrop

Payal Rathod writes:

Hi, I use getmail to fetch the mails and pass them on to maildrop like this, postmaster = |/usr/local/bin/maildrop

I want to run 2 instances of getmail for the same user. Now my worry is that when maildrop starts it is logging information in $HOME/.maildroplog. If I start 2 instances of getmail at same time, will I have problems writing to $HOME/.maildroplog ? If yes, what is the solution for this?

maildrop opens the log file in append mode. Most of the log entries will be OK. Occasionally there will be some interleaving.

You can use manual dotlocks to synchronize logging. See maildropfilter(5).