It's usually a function of the in.pop3d daemon not timing out the session and deleting the file. When someone downloads POP3 mail, when they login, a copy of their /var/spool/mail/username file is made to /var/tmp/.pop/username and they actually download from the "tmp" dir. This way, when a new message comes in, it does not create a file conflict (it's a "snapshot" of their file). I have had your problem happen to me frequently (pop3 sees the temp file already there and thinks that someone else is downloading from that mailbox). What I did to resolve it was to put in a crontab event (login as root then do a "crontab -e" command) and put in the following: # Delete stale mail-download locks from invalidly disconnected pop3 sessions: 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * find /var/tmp/.pop/* -mmin +5 2> /dev/null | xargs rm -f (all of that should be on the same line) What is does is this: Every 5 minutes, every hour, every day, etc (I could have tried */5 I guess instead of listing each 5 minute interval) Find files in /var/pop/.tmp that have not been modified in the last 5 minutes (someone downloading POP3 mail will keep modifying this file), and delete them if they have been idle for over 5 minutes. This is the "find /var/tmp/.pop/* -mmin +5 | xargs rm -f" part of the command above. The "2> /dev/null" was inserted to keep the root account from getting a mail message every 5 minutes when there is no file to clean out at that cycle. I hope this helps. JR Xu Li Hua wrote: > Hi Friends: > I have trouble in using Sendmail in Slackware Linux. > My username often appreared in the /usr/tmp/.pop directory. > Then I can't get my mail. > Why it happens? How can I disable this function? > > Many thanks! > > Xu Lihua -- ----------------------------------------------- Jim Roland President Roland Internet Services Standard & Custom Web/Email Hosting Solutions ** Ask us about Frontpage 98 Server Extensions! ----------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
