Hi mark,   
      
   On 2017-09-26 17:13:14, you wrote to Joaquim Homrighausen:   
      
    ml> yes, fileboxes are the same as spool directories... anything you drop   
    ml> in them is automajikally flicked over the wall and appears in the   
    ml> destination system's inbound...   
      
    ml> now the question is if i can have FD and binkd both working with the same   
    ml> filebox/spool directories so that mail can be picked up by either   
    ml> method...   
      
   The problem with fileboxes is that, file-locking and/or lock-file usage for   
   them is undefined and probably non existent. So the only way to savely use   
   them is to use atomic operations when you create files, or even read+delete   
   them. And this should work on all os's and even in mixed environments where   
   for instance a linux and a windows part of a system access the same (network)   
   drive. Atomic operations under these constraints is hard to get right, or   
   maybe even impossible under all circumstances! And all software used should be   
   able to do that.   
      
   So I regard fileboxes as a kludge, one should only use as a last resort when   
   nothing else works.   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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