kmail lock file problems

[Gene Heskett]

> On Thursday 15 July 2010, Gene Heskett wrote:
[...]
> > And FCNTL works, thanks a bunch, Reinhold.
> 
> You're welcome.
> I've had time to do a little research into this, and according to
> man 1 procmail, FCNTL is actually used by procmail, so using it won't
> result in message loss/duplication.

Humm, my manpage doesn't seem to say that.  But I see you spec'd it as man 
1 procmail.  By golly, I did find it:

Whenever procmail itself opens a file to deliver to, it consistently uses 
the following kernel locking  strategies :
       fcntl(2).

That line needs a few CAPS to shout at the user. ;-)

> > >   --Reinhold
> > 
> > Now I need to get my sig generator working.
> 
> I would've thought that was pretty easy using kmail? Although I don't
> like using it since I want to alter my sig depending on the type of
> email I write, not the identity I happen to be using...
> Text snippets are pretty nice for that.
> 
>   --Reinhold

Now it is working, the first part is fixed, the part below is from fortune.  
The whole thing is a 3 line script run by cron at 5 minute intervals.

Now, one last question someone might be able to help, it seems kmail has 
joined the dark side, the cursor in the composer is now above the quoted 
text by default, forcing me to scroll to the bottom of the quote or be 
accused of top posting.  I haven't found a place in the configs where that 
might be controlled.  Does anyone know where that might be set?

Thanks again Reinhold.

I am 'getting there', but also have a life of sorts like most, and much of 
my time the last 3 weeks seems to be spent in trying to clean up after some 
112 mph winds tried to change the zip code by moving Smith Village across 
the river to Deanville.  Out of 5 older trees we had, one 30 year old pine 
and a 22 year old Pin Oak survived.  Our roof didn't, took a goodly patch 
of shingles away, along with the tv antenna.  If I wasn't gettin on (75) as 
they say, the cleanup & rebuilding would go a little faster, but cooler 
weather would help, it was into the 90's(F) here for a couple of weeks now.

There is humor though, that Pin Oak is a good shade tree, and the neighbors 
have instructed me to make a bar around the trunk, and some park benches 
too, as its the only shade tree in the neighborhood that survived. ;-)
-- 
Cheers, Gene
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