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Aucbvax.4066 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Sat Sep 26 11:41:53 1981 mail locking problems >From decvax!duke!unc!smb@Berkeley Sat Sep 26 11:27:05 1981 Full-name: Steven M. Bellovin Location: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: (919) 966-3305

Several times recently, mailboxes have gotten garbled by two different messages being written at the same time. It seems as if the locking protocol isn't working quite right -- we're using 4.0bsd, and the code in /bin/mail of 4.1bsd doesn't appear to be any different. Does anyone have any ideas on what's wrong?

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