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ERR /usr/spool/mail/nancy is being read by another session

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Hi jgt...I tried your code again and I got it! WOW!
-rw-------   1 nancy    group    0 Apr  7 18:35 nancy  so yea I got the 0 !

#cd /usr/spool/mail
#cp nancy new_user
#cat >nancy
<ctrl>d
#ls -l nancy
output should show that nancy has a size of 0

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Now Eudora has a new error,
The POP server[nancy@worf.wizardbythesea.com] said:
ERR /usr/spool/mail/nancy is being read by another session.
However, nancy can POP her emails off Worf, thanks to jgt!

-rw------- 1 nancy group 0 Apr 7 19:42 nancy Now working!

I think the another session is the new_user, like it is connected to nancy's mailbox ?
-rw------- 1 root sys 731783 Apr 7 18:35 new_user is not a mailbox.

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So Dear jgt, how can we disconnect nancy from  new_user  assuming  that is the 2nd session?  
Because Eudora is throwing session errors constantly!:-)

Nancy L

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smd-client

smd-client(1)						 Sync Mail Dir (smd) documentation					     smd-client(1)

NAME

       smd-client - receives diffs and performs actions

SYNOPSIS

       smd-client [-v|--verbose] [-d|--dry-run] [-t|--translator]
	     [-l|--local-sync] [--rename-only]
	     [--override-db dbf] endpoint mailboxes

DESCRIPTION

       smd-client needs to know a name (endpoint) for the client (that must not be used by others) and a list of mailboxes (directories).

       smd-client  waits  on  stdin  a mail dir diff. It attempts to execute these actions, eventually asking data printing commands on stdout and
       expecting the data on stdin.

OPTIONS

       -t --translator
	      Specify a program to translate remote mailbox names to local ones. Note that the translator 'cat' (the identity  program)  is  opti-
	      mized away

       -l --local-sync
	      Local synchronization, no changes is made to the db-file since smd-server takes care of it

       --rename-only
	      Do not synchronize the mailboxes but generate the script '~/smd-rename.sh' to uniform the files names in the mailbox

       --override-db dbf
	      Use dbf as the db-file

       -v --verbose
	      Increase program verbosity (printed on stderr)

       -d --dry-run
	      Do not perform any action for real

NOTES

       smd-client is a low level utility. You should use higher level tools like smd-pull(1) and smd-push(1)

SEE ALSO

       mddiff(1), smd-server(1), smd-pull(1), smd-push(1)

AUTHOR

       Enrico Tassi <gares@fettunta.org>

								   11 June 2012 						     smd-client(1)