Re: [exim] failed to lock mailbox

[John Hixson]

Yes, we are using mbox format. We allow both pop3 and imap connections 
as well. We host almost 1000 domains on the same box. Most mailboxes are 
set to 3-5mb quotas, while others are 20mb. The exim queue has nearly 
20,000 messages sitting in it (spam , email to users who dont have a 
mailbox setup, etc), could this be related?

Thanks,
John
Fred Viles wrote:
On 16 May 2005 at 11:35, John Hixson wrote about
   "[exim] failed to lock mailbox":
| Hi Guys,
|   I am seeing this error for certain users repeatedly:
| 
| defer (-9): failed to lock mailbox /path/to/john/doe/domain/name/inbox 
| (lock file)

Looks like you are using mbox format?  Only one process can write to 
these files at a time, so you are probably looking at a conflict 
between exim and your POP and/or IMAP server (which is?).  Guess: Are 
these users keeping an IMAP connection open all the time, or have 
very large inbox files and POP very frequently?

- Fred


 


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