On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:30:06 -0500, Gabriel E. Gait�n wrote:
>Scenario: Unix Platform - Solaris 7.
>
>POP Server: Qpopper v. 4.0.3 (for client mail service - Outlook, Netscape ..
>etc)
>IMAP Server: U. washington IMAP4rev1 2001.307 (for web mail service)
>MTA: Sendmail 8.11.3
What's your local delivery agent (MDA), used by sendmail to put mail in
mailbox files? That's the suspect.
>Any maiboxes, no ever, have the following trouble:
>
>+OK ready
>+OK Password required for login
>-ERR [SYS/PERM] Unable to process From lines (envelopes) in /var/mail/login;
>change recognition mode or check for corrupted mail drop.
That error means the first line in the file is not a proper From line,
and generally means that the delivery agent corrupted the file. This
may be due to improper locking. Procmail is commonly used for a
delivery agent. Make sure you're using the latest version.
This is in the FAQ:
http://www.eudora.com/qpopper/faq.html#from.lines
Ken
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