> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 10:57:12 +0100 (MET) > From: Eric Luyten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > At 10:59 AM -0800 3/1/02, Dan Schaper wrote: > > > > >I'm seeing this error in my popper logs, is this a configuration error, or > > >just a transient self healing error? > > > > The error means that Qpopper didn't trust the cache file, because it [...snip...] > > Not necessarily. > We are also seeing those 'spool older than cache file' messages. > > It invariably happens after a new message arrived for a given user AND > a subsequent succesful POP session, with 'leave messages on server' set.
Eric: Dunno if I am reading the logs correctly, but these show this user checking for mail every two minutes...? Given the size of the file (23.9MB) and depending on how busy your server is, isn't this a bit short between checks? I generally tell my users to set the mail check to intervals of not less than five minutes... I also show them how to over-ride this setting if they are expecting an important message, and things seem to work well... The only errors I've seen have been the "... probe of account..." when someone truly whacks up their password and we have to reset it for them... Regards, Gregory Hicks > > Example : (anonymized) > > 10:41:34 popper[9816]: Stats: user 0 0 260 23935643 host ip > 10:43:36 popper[12048]: Stats: user 0 0 260 23935643 host ip > 10:45:42 popper[14462]: Stats: user 0 0 261 23954722 host ip > 10:47:54 popper[16942]: spool older than cache file /var/mail/u/s/.user.cache > 10:47:59 popper[16942]: Stats: user 0 0 261 23954734 host ip > > It is my guess that the session at 10:45:42 did not succeed at updating > the .cache file although no error message to this effect was logged. > > The actual check in popper/pop_cache.c seems robust (and simple) enough. > > > Eric. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 6B1 | Fax: 408.894.3479 San Jose, CA 95134 | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff "The trouble with doing anything right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was." When a team of dedicated individuals makes a commitment to act as one... the sky's the limit.
