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Date:      Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:08:23 -0600
From:      jacks@sage-american.com
To:        <rblayzor@inoc.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Sendmail POP Lock
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20020215140823.00e34990@mail.sage-american.com>
In-Reply-To: <029f01c1b65a$cc76e3a0$6f00000a@z0.inoc.net>
References:  <3.0.5.32.20020215120509.00e34990@mail.sage-american.com>

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Thanks, Robert... yes, I looked back at this post before I posted my
question. But as I say in my later post, this is only a test server and
there should not have been any other user session, although it might have
thought so.... I figured this was another problem without an answer yet....


At 02:56 PM 2.15.2002 -0500, Robert Blayzor wrote:
>I'll post this back into the list as it was just a few days ago:
>
>If you are running Qpopper (POP3) this is a common problem.  This
>happens when someone tries to pop into the same account when another
>session is already active.  Or possibly the qpopper session crashed
>leaving the poplock file undeleted.
>
>There is no fix.  You simply don't have multiple pop sessions.  In
>practice, it's not a good idea to do so.  
>
>
>--
>Robert Blayzor, BOFH
>INOC, LLC
>rblayzor@inoc.net
>
>'Life is like a spoonful of Drain-O, it feels good on the way down but
>leaves you feeling hollow inside'
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG 
>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of 
>> jacks@sage-american.com
>> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:05 PM
>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Sendmail POP Lock
>> 
>> 
>> I've just now set up a mail server using sendmail. Now, I see 
>> that there is
>> a constant lock ".sageame.pop" on the main mail box "sageame". Popper
>> installed and sendmail is configured. What did I forget to do 
>> to cause this
>> freezeup....?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Jack L. Stone,
>> Server Admin
>> 
>> ===================================================
>> Sage-American 
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>> jacks@sage-american.com
>> 
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>
>
>

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Server Admin

===================================================
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http://www.sage-american.com
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