[Dovecot] POP3 locking

[Matthias Andree]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> On Jul 31, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:05:27PM +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
>>>
>>> but it seems to be off by default. From my dovecot.conf (1.07):
>>>
>>> #pop3_lock_session = no
>>>
>>> I think it should be on by default.
>>
>>
>> The problem is if you have an MUA/MDA retrieving lots of messages
>> over a potentially slow connection, the mailbox can remain locked
>> for a very long time for a read-only operation.
>
> Or before when dialups were more common, if the modem disconnected you'd 
> have to wait several minutes until the previous connection timed out.

Which would hint to signal propagation issues on the dialin server.
Modems detect quite quickly if the link is broken and the system can
then issue SIGHUP and clean up locks...

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Matthias Andree