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Re: Waiting for flock attempt ... ?



Can you try 1.5.16? 1.5.15 had a bug in which it could attempt to open
the header cache multiple times concurrently. With some engines
(bdb4?) that might cause the error you're seeing.

On Wednesday, 13 June 2007 at 09:20, Wilkinson, Alex wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Mutt 1.5.15 (2007-04-06)
> System: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT (i386)
> 
> These days when I open mutt I am seeing the following printed:
> 
>    Waiting for flock attempt ...
> 
> And a count-down e.g.
> 
>    Waiting for flock attempt ... <count-down of seconds>
> 
> After the count-down period (about 5 seconds) I do eventually get my INBOX.
> 
> I have no clue what this is. I assume flock is "file lock" ?
> 
> INBOX is coming from a Maildir via IMAP using Dovecot.
> 
> Any clues people ?
> 
>  -aW
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