pine write-only

[Mike Bilow]

Karl F. Larsen wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 KFL>    For some reason my pine e-mail system has gone read-only.
 KFL> When I read the first message it says "Can't open mailbox
 KFL> lock". I have looked high and low and no lock can be found.

Mailbox locks are sometimes created in /usr/tmp/.pop in addition to /var/lock,
depending upon your particular system.  This is the hidden directory where the
POP3 daemon stores its temporary copy of the mailbox file while running.
 
-- Mike