My problems with this have been 3x in the last year. Too infrequent for me to make
a software change.
Dave McFerren wrote:
> Gents,
>
> I used to have those same problems and had to run a cron to delete the files in
> the /var/tmp/.pop directory. I have since found a better solution. Now I use
> the qpopper2.53 or later. This popper is stable and fast, and handles the
> disconnects cleanly.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 06:25:15 -0600 (CST)
> > From: Jim Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Casper Gielen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > cc: Linux Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: POP3 problems
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-net-outgoing
> >
> > I love your tagline! :)
> >
> > Anyway, check for /var/tmp/.pop and clean it out from any files (keep the
> > directory). you most likely have something that is there which tells
> > pop3d that the mailbox is open. When a user opens their pop3 mailbox, the
> > data is copied from /var/spool/mail/(username) to /var/tmp/.pop/(username)
> > and read from the tmp one. If the session is abruptly halted (pop3d
> > process) then it will be left over. I have had this happen from time to
> > time, all of them with clients using Outlook.
> >
> >
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> >
> > On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Casper Gielen wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 12:29:17 +0100
> > > From: Casper Gielen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: Linux Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: POP3 problems
> > >
> > > I'm trying to set up a POP 3 server. I am using ipop3d from the
> > > IMAP package coming with RH 5.2 . The rest of my system is mainly
> > > 5.0 . I use fetchmail + procmail to get the mail from my ISP.
> > > The mail is indeed dowloaded and dumped into users mailboxes, but
> > > when I telnet into my own POP server it say's "Mailbox open,
> > > 0 messages". I also tried to use elm to read the mail, but elm
> > > says "Folder is corrupt!! I can't read it!!". I have tried this
> > > various time, creating new mailboxes, but no change. Any help?
> > > --
> > > Casper Gielen
> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://home.wxs.nl/~vcmeaned
> > > --
> > > The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the
> > > day they start making vacuum cleaners.
> > >
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