[comp.mail.mush] Mush tries to lock a file twice, and fails.

steed@il3cad.intel.COM (02/07/90)

I'm using Mush 7.0.4 on a VAX running Ultrix 3.2 and I have the
following problem:  If a folder appears more than once in the
recipients list, mush wait (forever) for a lock on that file.  I guess
Mush is trying to lock it twice, and fails the second time.  

I used to solve that problem on earlier versions I used on a 4.3 BSD
system, by hitting Ctrl-C and then Mush gave-up the lock effort and
continued.  Now, Mush complains about an interrupted system call (yes,
that's what I've done), aborts and saves the letter in dead.letter .

For those of you who wonder how can a person have a folder mentioned
more than once, I'll put the blame on my aliases: I'm keeping my
outgoing mail to certain people saved in folders according to their
groups.  When I mail to two people that are in the same group, I end up
with the group's folder appearing twice in the recipients list.

Is there a way for mush to avoid this ?

						Steed.