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To: Jared Rhine <jared@xxxxxxxxxxx>, offlineimap@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Network retry
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:57:07 -0600 
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:01:18PM -0500, Martijn Pieters wrote:
> > What if the last one is still running?  Can offlineimap experience
> > corruption in this case?
> 
> No, per-mailbox locking prevents corruption. I have two instances running
> simultanious right now, and they each process different mailboxes.

Well, to be sure, if you have two OfflineIMAP processes working on the same
mailbox simultaneously, there could be trouble.  I will be adding features
to detect and prevent this condition.

-- John
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