Gents,
I used to have those same problems and had to run a cron to delete the files in
the /var/tmp/.pop directory. I have since found a better solution. Now I use
the qpopper2.53 or later. This popper is stable and fast, and handles the
disconnects cleanly.
Hope this helps...
> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 06:25:15 -0600 (CST)
> From: Jim Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Casper Gielen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc: Linux Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: POP3 problems
> MIME-Version: 1.0
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> I love your tagline! :)
>
> Anyway, check for /var/tmp/.pop and clean it out from any files (keep the
> directory). you most likely have something that is there which tells
> pop3d that the mailbox is open. When a user opens their pop3 mailbox, the
> data is copied from /var/spool/mail/(username) to /var/tmp/.pop/(username)
> and read from the tmp one. If the session is abruptly halted (pop3d
> process) then it will be left over. I have had this happen from time to
> time, all of them with clients using Outlook.
>
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> On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Casper Gielen wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 12:29:17 +0100
> > From: Casper Gielen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Linux Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: POP3 problems
> >
> > I'm trying to set up a POP 3 server. I am using ipop3d from the
> > IMAP package coming with RH 5.2 . The rest of my system is mainly
> > 5.0 . I use fetchmail + procmail to get the mail from my ISP.
> > The mail is indeed dowloaded and dumped into users mailboxes, but
> > when I telnet into my own POP server it say's "Mailbox open,
> > 0 messages". I also tried to use elm to read the mail, but elm
> > says "Folder is corrupt!! I can't read it!!". I have tried this
> > various time, creating new mailboxes, but no change. Any help?
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