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Date:      Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:07:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: POP3 & IMAP problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809171406360.2759-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <019701bde1c1$2c57c810$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org>

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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Alain G. Fabry wrote:

> Following is an error I receive
> 
> 
> Server Response - ERR Can't get lock. Try again or use IMAP instead
> 
> When I use IMAP it just does not pull my mail through.
> 
> When I telnet to the respective port, I do not have any problems login in.
> Everything used to work fine, don't know what went wrong.....


The permissions between your pop & imap servers and /var/mail are mucked
up.

Put everything in group 'mail' and setgid the pop and imap server binaries
and you should be set.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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