First things first. It is my understanding, unless you have a special
configuration, that sendmail does not generate the .pop files, and
neither does adduser.
The .<user>.pop files are usually temp lock files used by popper or
qpopper as a means to lock the files so that there are no problems while
users ae getting their email.
Did you change your pop server? Did you change permissions on the
directory the pop files reside? Are you running pop server as a specific
user and not give that user access to the mailbox directory?
I don't know if this is your exact problem or not, but it is a direction
you can look to.
On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Woody wrote:
> In my earlier post I noted that I thought that sendmail was causing
> problems with adding new users and how their .<user>.pop file was not
> being created in /var/mail. Well it seems that after I replace the new
> version, with the old, like it was, the prob is still there. I can't
> figure it out. All of a sudden, these files are not being created when we
> add new users, thus causing netscapes mailbox messenger and IE's Internet
> Mail to report errors when you want to d/l your mail. Sure, you can send
> it out, but you can't d/l any mail without that .pop file. This has
> started happeneing at the same time I have upgraded sendmail.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> Woody
> Computer Technician
> Security Consultant
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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