> Is there a quick remedy to fixing a users mailbox when their connection is
> terminated abnormally resulting in a lingering .username.pop lockfile?

It seems that your pop3 daemon is set to create a copy of the mail spool,
work on that, and then merge it back with the original mail spool when it
is done.

To fix your problem, just remove the lock file, don't copy it back over
the original spool.

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        Thanks,
        -Joseph W. Breu

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