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Date:      Sun, 30 Aug 1998 17:38:23 -0500
From:      Bobby Walker <bob@safeweb.net>
To:        beef@cybertouch.org
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: popper problem with authentication
Message-ID:  <35E9D45F.E3677A2B@safeweb.net>
References:  <199808302159.RAA00577@beef.cybertouch.org>

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beef@cybertouch.org wrote:
> 
>         Hello,
> 
>         I have installed popper. Problem is, no matter which user
> account I try, constantly get bad password. Here is what
> /var/log/message says:
> 
> Aug 30 17:57:13 beef popper[571]: Unable to open temporary
> maildrop '/var/mail/.t00thie.pop': Permission denied (13)
> Aug 30 17:57:13 beef popper[571]: t00thie@h24-64-141-
> 176.mt.wave.shaw.ca: -ERR System error, can't open temporary
> file, do you own it?
> 
> Can someone please tell me what is wrong and how to fix it?
> 
> Thanks,
> lanny
> 
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In /var/mail type rm .*

That will remove all the temporary files, and popper should work from
there.

Hope that helps,

-- Bob

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