[Alpine-info] Running two copies of alpine - was Re: Gmail Access

[Andrew C Aitchison via Alpine-info]

On Thu, 23 May 2024, Chime Hart via Alpine-info wrote:


> Now, as to my unrelated question, I will ask it differently? Is their a way 

> of opening Alpine in 2 separate consoles, without 1 of them becoming "read 

> only"? I would like either session to act on messages. Thanks so much in 

> advance


The message when you start the second copy refers to a "folder lock".
Experimentation show that it is possible to re-open a previously locked
folder to check for new messages.

As long as you don't try to *use* both copies *at the same time*
I think it will be possible, but not necessarily safe.

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Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
                    andrew at aitchison.me.uk