At 11:21 PM 03/18/2002 +0100, Marcin Owsiany wrote: >On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 12:51:55PM -0500, Loren Jordan wrote: > > If you are able to re compile Qpopper, you can change the location of the > > <user>.lock file as a compile option, just put it some where there is no > > quota checking. You will also need to adjust the configuration of your > MDA > > to watch for lock files in that new location. > >MDA or MTA, but also MUA... > > > I ran into this same problem > > a couple of years ago (when I worked at Qualcomm :). I was also > constantly > > having to repair the users mbox files because of corruptions in the > headers > > that would cause Qpopper to die. > >You mean when it didn't use right lockfiles?
No, Qpopper or something else would cause minor glitches in the "^From: XXXX" header or the line before it would be missing (2 messages joined at the hip). If Qpopper would see an "un-escaped" From: header it would freak out and die. I was the only person reading mail locally on these servers... I used vi to fix these broken mbox files. I would touch the lock file manualy, vi the mbox file in question and then delete the lock file. > > There are a lot of compile time options that you can adjust and if you > just > > have to keep using it, do re-compile with the "server mode" enabled. I > > forget the exact name of that option but it keeps the users spool file > > copies to only 1 per session. This change alone brought the load on our > > mail servers down to less than 1.0. > >Right, but the manpage says I shouldn't use that mode if users also read >mail using MUAs. > > > I would recommend going with something like qmail (I like it more than > > anything else I have used) or any other pop server that supports > > Maildir. > >Actually I have to deal with qmail on another machine, and I prefer >exim... and it supports Maildir delivery as well, so I think I'll just >try to switch to it. I hope exim works for you, everybody should use the best tool that they prefer to use. One of these days, I will try to make an exim mail server but I have too many qmail servers running without requiring attention, it's more trouble to switch now. Loren >Marcin >-- >Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marcin.owsiany.pl/ >GnuPG: 1024D/60F41216 FE67 DA2D 0ACA FC5E 3F75 D6F6 3A0D 8AA0 60F4 1216 > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
