diff -u qmail-1.03/qmail-local.c qmail-1.03-linksync/qmail-local.c
--- qmail-1.03/qmail-local.c	2004-01-09 13:48:14.000000000 -0800
+++ qmail-1.03-linksync/qmail-local.c	2004-01-09 13:54:25.041334954 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "readwrite.h"
 #include "sig.h"
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@
  }
   
  if (link(fntmptph,fnnewtph) == -1) goto fail;
+ if ((fd = open(fnnewtph, O_RDONLY)) < 0 ||
+ 	fsync(fd) < 0 || close(fd) < 0) goto fail;
+
    /* if it was error_exist, almost certainly successful; i hate NFS */
  tryunlinktmp(); _exit(0);
 
diff -u qmail-1.03/qmail-queue.c qmail-1.03-linksync/qmail-queue.c
--- qmail-1.03/qmail-queue.c	2004-01-09 13:48:14.000000000 -0800
+++ qmail-1.03-linksync/qmail-queue.c	2004-01-09 13:53:10.766069219 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include "readwrite.h"
 #include "sig.h"
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@
 {
  unsigned int len;
  char ch;
+ int fd;
 #ifdef BIGBROTHER
  unsigned int xlen, n;
  char *x;
@@ -222,6 +224,7 @@
 #endif
 
  if (link(pidfn,messfn) == -1) die(64);
+ if ((fd = open(messfn, O_RDONLY)) < 0 || fsync(fd) < 0 || close(fd) < 0) die(64);
  if (unlink(pidfn) == -1) die(63);
  flagmademess = 1;
 
@@ -312,6 +315,8 @@
  if (fsync(intdfd) == -1) die_write();
 
  if (link(intdfn,todofn) == -1) die(66);
+ if ((fd = open(todofn, O_RDONLY)) < 0 ||
+     fsync(fd) < 0 || close(fd) < 0) die(66);
 
  triggerpull();
  return 0;