locking

[David Relson]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 04:32:39 -0500
Tom Allison wrote:

> I'm using both razor-report and bogofilter.
> 
> I realized that I'm running razor-report without locking, which should
> 
> allow me to run multiple instances at once.
> 
> But bogofilter is set up with locking, presumeably to protect the 
> database from corruption.
> 
> Not that I need it, but I'm curious if it's possible to run bogofilter
> 
> without locking in procmail and without losing a limb in the process.

As long as you're only reading the wordlist, there are no problems. 

Matthias' transaction code, currently experimental, promises additional
protection from database problems.

David