----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Daniel Senie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:29 PM Subject: Re: Qpopper continually fails to POP mail from large mbox
> Daniel Senie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > At 02:41 PM 7/18/2006, Gerard wrote: > > >Using FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE > > > > > >I am continuing to have a problem with qpopper getting mail from an mbox > > >once the file grows to any sizable capacity > > > > > >This is an excerpt from the /var/log/messages file: > > > > > >Jul 18 08:36:47 seibercom qpopper[894]: gerard at 192.168.0.3 > > >(192.168.0.3): -ERR POP EOF or I/O Error > > >Jul 18 08:36:47 seibercom qpopper[894]: Stats: gerard 0 0 143 > > >30288106 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 > > >Jul 18 08:36:50 seibercom qpopper[894]: I/O error flushing output to > > >client gerard at 192.168.0.3 [192.168.0.3]: Operation not permitted (1) > > > > This message most commonly indicates the client gave up and went > > away. Perhaps your customer is giving up because you're trying to > > push 30MB of data to them? > > > > > > >The recourse I have is to manually delete the contents of the mailbox. I > > >have the latest version of qpopper installed. I am unsure as to where I > > >could post this problem to other than here. I would like to post a bug > > >report, but I am not sure as to where to place it. > > > > This issue has been discussed at length. Generally the issue is not > > qpopper's fault. You haven't mentioned what version of qpopper you're > > running, though, it's also possible you're running an older version. > > > The program version is 4.0.9, so it is not obsolete. > > Here is how the problem plays out. > > 1) Use fetchmail to harvest mail from main mail server - but leave the > mail on the main server. > > 2) Attempt to POP the mail off my server > a) If the mbox reaches a certain threshold, the downloading of mail > will fail. > > 3) Attempt to download the mail left on the main server > a) Success > > I have seen this problem mentioned many time. I have been advised to > dump my present mail system and install an 'imap' system with 'dovecot' > to handle mail delivery. Even the fetchmail manuals describe a problem > with qpopper and a large mbox(s). > > If you know of a solution, I would appreciate hearing about it. > > > -- > Gerard Seibert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/391 - Release Date: 18/07/2006 > > Hi i dumped dovecot POP3 because of problems with mbox file locking that never got answered. i use 4.0.8 (will have to check more often on new releases). quite a few customers have over 30MB of mail and i have had nothing but praise since i moved to qpopper from those big users who had locking issues all the time. Mark
