Andrew, Ron & others, a> probably because fetchmail died (or ...
Which can happen if a power failure occurs or I happen to reboot while fetchmail is retrieving. This strikes me as a bug. An obvious strategy would be to remove an old lock at startup. I know nothing about shutdown policy. Does shutdown allow an application any leeway? Can a second or two of delay be invoked _via_ the xfsm-shutdown-helper? Thanks, ... Peter E. Desktops.OpenDoc http://carnot.yi.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]