Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-08-02 Thread Matthias Andree
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On Jul 31, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:05:27PM +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote: >>> >>> but it seems to be off by default. From my dovecot.conf (1.07): >>> >>> #pop3_lock_session = no >>> >>> I think it should be on by

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-08-01 Thread Scott Silva
on 7-31-2008 11:46 PM Ed W spake the following: Adrian Overbury wrote: Okay, then. Has anyone built packages for Ubuntu Dapper Drake from the latest sources, then? I'd appreciate being able to get my hands on thoses. What's wrong with the Ubunutu ones? Two seconds on google gets me: http:

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-08-01 Thread Ken A
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Jul 31, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:05:27PM +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote: but it seems to be off by default. From my dovecot.conf (1.07): #pop3_lock_session = no I think it should be on by default. The problem is if you have an MUA

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-08-01 Thread Charles Marcus
On 8/1/2008, Adrian Overbury ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Has anyone built packages for Ubuntu Dapper Drake from the latest sources, then? I'd appreciate being able to get my hands on thoses. It isn't in backports? I couldn't find a web searchable version of ubuntu backports to search... --

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-31 Thread Ed W
Adrian Overbury wrote: Okay, then. Has anyone built packages for Ubuntu Dapper Drake from the latest sources, then? I'd appreciate being able to get my hands on thoses. What's wrong with the Ubunutu ones? Two seconds on google gets me: http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/dovecot-imapd (I mig

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-31 Thread Adrian Overbury
Adrian Overbury wrote: So, the final determination here is that newer versions of Dovecot than the one I'm currently running will successfully lock up a mailbox and limit access to it to a single session while that session exists (up to a finite timeout, which I think is two minutes), right?

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-31 Thread Adrian Overbury
So, the final determination here is that newer versions of Dovecot than the one I'm currently running will successfully lock up a mailbox and limit access to it to a single session while that session exists (up to a finite timeout, which I think is two minutes), right? Okay, then. Has anyone b

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-31 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Jul 31, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:05:27PM +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote: but it seems to be off by default. From my dovecot.conf (1.07): #pop3_lock_session = no I think it should be on by default. The problem is if you have an MUA/MDA retrieving lots o

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-31 Thread Mark Sapiro
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:05:27PM +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > but it seems to be off by default. From my dovecot.conf (1.07): > > #pop3_lock_session = no > > I think it should be on by default. The problem is if you have an MUA/MDA retrieving lots of messages over a potentially slow connec

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-30 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Matthias Andree wrote on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:59:33 +0200: > setting pop3_lock_session=yes works as expected (ca. 1.1.2 from hg): but it seems to be off by default. From my dovecot.conf (1.07): #pop3_lock_session = no I think it should be on by default. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-30 Thread Matthias Andree
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Matthias Andree wrote: > Well... according to RFC-1939, the session should be locked when > entering TRANSACTION state. Purpose is to avoid two processes stomping > over each other in the later UPDATE state. setting pop3_lock_session=yes works as expected (ca. 1.1.2 from hg):

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-30 Thread Matthias Andree
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Adrian Overbury wrote: > Now, our current server establishes a lock on the mailbox, and when that > second connection happens it simply responds that there's no messages to > collect... we used to have it terminate the connection, but this brings > up confusing error mes

Re: [Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-29 Thread Ed W
Adrian Overbury wrote: I'm trying to understand what dovecot's behavior will be in a given scenario to see if it will work as a (hopefully better) replacement for the home-grown pop3 server we currently use. User A is on a slow dialup connection, and uses, oh, let's say Outlook, since that's

[Dovecot] POP3 locking

2008-07-29 Thread Adrian Overbury
I'm trying to understand what dovecot's behavior will be in a given scenario to see if it will work as a (hopefully better) replacement for the home-grown pop3 server we currently use. User A is on a slow dialup connection, and uses, oh, let's say Outlook, since that's where most of our proble