Disabling locks is not the way to go imho. Locks are great for preventing double answers etc (2 people handling the same ticket at the same time and giving different answers to the customer for example :S). What you problably want is an auto unlock after an answer. What you can do is setting the default state after answering a ticket to "closed succesful", in config: $Self->{'Ticket::DefaultNextComposeType'} = 'closed successful'; This way a ticket is closed by default after answering. When a new reply comes from the customer, it will show in the main queue again, without a lock. This way you can share all tickets with all people and only lock the ticket when you are handling the ticket (and this way prevent double handling of same ticket). Richard