[Dovecot] Locking /var/mail/user issue with postfix and dovecot

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On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:23:29AM +0300, Robert JR wrote:
> Stan, sorry but you didnot understand my question at all, dovecot 
> in this case is reading the mailbox file while user downloading the 
> mail and not WRITING. only postfix write when a mail arrives and 
> DOVECOT only read the mail. And even if both write to the file, I 

I can't answer (don't know), but I can tell you that this is not 
true. Dovecot also writes to the file: updating message read flags 
and such.

> Any help will be greatly appreciated.....

Maildir is not for everyone, but it does handle issues like this 
smoothly. The delivery agent is always able to deliver new mail.
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