On Tue, May 12, 1998 at 08:15:29PM -0400, Mike wrote:
> Has anyone ever encountered this? When checking mail from a POP3 client on
> another machine, an error message occurs when there is mail waiting saying
> "/var/spool/mail/usersname is being read already." This only occurs on one
> username, I can delete the /var/spool/mail/username file but once a new
> message is sent, the error occurs again.
Check for lock files. They are commonly named username.lock (in the same
directory), or username in some other directory - it depends on which POP
server you are using, and how it is configured.
Try this:
cd /var/spool/mail
ls -1a |grep username
:-)
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