Hi, Regarding .pop lock files: if most of your customers are using an MS mail client (Outlook Express, Outlook), try increasing the server timeout in their settings. Microsoft's default is one minute. We have found that, by increasing the server timeout on their end we get a lot fewer pop locks.
Lisa Casey Netlink 2000, Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randall Gellens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Subscribers of Qpopper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 7:45 PM Subject: Re: .pop lockfile > At 10:48 AM +0000 12/2/04, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a quick way to unlock a users mailbox after a failed pickup of > > emails? Currently, we have to tell our users if this happens they must > > wait approximately 20 mins for the mailbox to unlock itself and some are > > finding this unacceptable. > > > > We are running qpopper 4.05 on redhat9. It is also run in server mode. > > Try 4.0.6b3 (available at > <ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/beta>). It > includes a work-around for a situation seen on some Linux systems > where the timeout signal gets masked. This might help in your case. > Please report back. > -- > Randall Gellens > Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only > -------------- Randomly-selected tag: --------------- > Just because your doctor has a name for your condition doesn't mean he > knows what it is. >
