Maildrop? == mailbox ?
>I have checked the archive for this problem, but yet I don't quite
>understand the mechanism causing it. Can someone please clarify this for me?
If you mean the situation where a mailbox file gets locked by a
process (POPD, etc) that doesn't release unlock, then that's a bug or
weakness in Imail. We've all seen it happen. I think Imail uses an
"optimistic" locking algorithm.
I looked up "lock file" in the KB and got 215 references. The
firstest is the mostest, imo:
http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19990527-DM02.htm
>Second I noticed that after a while the maildrop unlocks itself and
>the mail can be retrieved. Is there no other way to unlock the
>maildrop, since I noticed that stopping the POP-service doesn't help
The modified file name and lock file keep on living after the locking
process be daid.
>and a reboot is not an option.
Read through the beginning of those 215 articles, I'm sure you'll
find the solution to unlock a lock a mailbox without reboot.
Len
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