At 9:41 PM +0000 9/7/00, Vinay Bharel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What do the following error messages mean?
>
> Sep 7 16:57:00 mailhost qpopper[27306]: avisos at nas-64.isp.com
> (192.168.68.145): -ERR SIGHUP or SIGPIPE flagged
>
> Sep 7 16:57:00 mailhost qpopper[27306]: avisos at nas-68.isp.com
> (192.16.68.145): -ERR POP hangup
>
> Sep 7 17:20:47 mailhost qpopper[9943]: EOF from avisos at 192.168.12.10
> (userpc): [0] 2 (No such file or directory); 0 (Success)
>
> Sep 7 17:20:47 mailhost qpopper[9943]: avisos at userpc
> (192.168.12.10): -ERR POP EOF or I/O Error: 2 (No such file or
> directory); 0 (Success)
These all mean the same thing: the TCP connection with the client
broke. Often the client closes it without sending 'quit'; sometimes
the dial-up line gets errors and disconnects; sometimes something
else happens.
>
> Also what does the below error mean and about how long should it take for
> the .pop files to diappear. Should I set some kind of a cron job to clear
> these files or should qpopper take care of them?
>
> -ERR [IN-USE] /var/pop/.tkuon.pop lock busy! Is anothersession
> active? (11)
First thing is to make sure you are running the latest version. At a
minimum use 3.0.2, I recommend 3.1 betas, since they've fixed more
edge cases.
Next, when you get an error like that, check if there is a second
popper process active for the user. If so, it is cleaning up and you
need to give it a chance. How long depends on how big the spool is,
if server mode is being used, and overall system load.
If there is not another popper process running, then there's a
problem. But first upgrade to the latest version, since it has
likely been fixed already.
