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Date:      Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:00:01 -0500
From:      "Butch Evans" <bbsadmin@sheltonbbs.com>
To:        <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Fw: Ghost Mail
Message-ID:  <002601bdc2dd$3cfcbfc0$0c7ac4ce@butch.sheltonbbs.com>

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I sent this out a few days ago, and have had one response.  Just after
sending it out, my Frame-relay went down, and I suspect some mail may have
been lost.  At any rate, I thank you for any assistance you may offer.
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>I am beginning to see an odd problem on one of my machines.  This is my
mail
>machine (dedicated server).  What is happening is this...a client connects,
>and their computer tells them "Receiving message 1 of 10" (or whatever
>number they have).  They do not get 10 messages in their "Inbox".  They are
>not filtering mail, so it is not a client thing.  The problem is pretty
>widespread as well.  It does not seem to be related to a particularly busy
>time, either.  I noticed once (a while back) that I was getting "too many
>open files" errors in the log files, so I increased the "maxusers" to 50
and
>re-compiled the kernel.  Still no help...the file error has disappeared,
>though.  I am stumped.  Here are the stats:
>HARDWARE:
>PII 266 with 128MB Ram and about 5 GB diskspace available in /var
>
>SOFTWARE:
>FreeBSD 2.2.6 with aforementioned mods to kernel
>Qpopper 2.53 (vanilla compile for FreeBSD)
>
>Thanks for any assistance.  I am not sure what else to include here, as I
>have exhausted my limited knowledge on this one.
>



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