Re: Multiple Routers Processing A Single Message (patch enclosed)

[Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com>]

On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Matti Aarnio wrote:
> > I've implemented this change after testing the theory using file locks for
> > several days.  The duplicate messages ceased.
> 
> 	There were dupes even with file-locks ?

The file locking did, in fact, prevent duplicates.  It's just harder to make
portable... :-(


> 	It looks like ZMailer can never be put on top of Andrew-FS, which
> 	allows only one link to any file...  (Not that I have any reason
> 	to want to do that, for that matter.)

That should be OK because AFS was (at least last time I looked) really only
designed to handle user's home dierctories.

-Andy