>>>>> "JC" == Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> writes: JC> Then for a real shot in the dark, ask about the servers use of JC> NFS and if any of its volumes are mounted remotely. There is JC> nothing quite like trying to lock an application via an NFS JC> mounted drive! Mailman's locking algorithm /ought/ to be NFS safe... -Barry