On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:14:32 -0700 (PDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Does anyone know why I would get this error from sendmail when I try to
>access the inbox via POP?
>
> "Could not log into the mail server. The server responded:
> being read already /var/spool/mail/username. Please enter new password
> for user [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>
>I get this message for only one account on the machine. Is there some
>lock file that needs to be deleted or something?
>
My ISP was giving me this error on 1 of my 2 eMail accounts.
Interestingly, I could telnet into his system, run pine on his machine
(via telnet) and read my mail just fine. I was unable to use my eMail
program however. I don't know what he did, but he fixed it by the next
day.
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