Daniel Senie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 02:41 PM 7/18/2006, Gerard wrote: > >Using FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE > > > >I am continuing to have a problem with qpopper getting mail from an mbox > >once the file grows to any sizable capacity > > > >This is an excerpt from the /var/log/messages file: > > > >Jul 18 08:36:47 seibercom qpopper[894]: gerard at 192.168.0.3 > >(192.168.0.3): -ERR POP EOF or I/O Error > >Jul 18 08:36:47 seibercom qpopper[894]: Stats: gerard 0 0 143 > >30288106 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.3 > >Jul 18 08:36:50 seibercom qpopper[894]: I/O error flushing output to > >client gerard at 192.168.0.3 [192.168.0.3]: Operation not permitted (1) > > This message most commonly indicates the client gave up and went > away. Perhaps your customer is giving up because you're trying to > push 30MB of data to them? > > > >The recourse I have is to manually delete the contents of the mailbox. I > >have the latest version of qpopper installed. I am unsure as to where I > >could post this problem to other than here. I would like to post a bug > >report, but I am not sure as to where to place it. > > This issue has been discussed at length. Generally the issue is not > qpopper's fault. You haven't mentioned what version of qpopper you're > running, though, it's also possible you're running an older version. > The program version is 4.0.9, so it is not obsolete.
Here is how the problem plays out. 1) Use fetchmail to harvest mail from main mail server - but leave the mail on the main server. 2) Attempt to POP the mail off my server a) If the mbox reaches a certain threshold, the downloading of mail will fail. 3) Attempt to download the mail left on the main server a) Success I have seen this problem mentioned many time. I have been advised to dump my present mail system and install an 'imap' system with 'dovecot' to handle mail delivery. Even the fetchmail manuals describe a problem with qpopper and a large mbox(s). If you know of a solution, I would appreciate hearing about it. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED]