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Date:      Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:02:53 -0500
From:      "Robert Blayzor" <rblayzor@inoc.net>
To:        <jacks@sage-american.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Sendmail POP Lock
Message-ID:  <02f601c1b664$22980ee0$6f00000a@z0.inoc.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020215140823.00e34990@mail.sage-american.com>

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More than likely if you see this poplock error, if you do a:

"ps auxwww" 

You'll probably see a qpopper session open by the owner.

--
Robert Blayzor, BOFH
INOC, LLC
rblayzor@inoc.net

Portable:  Survives system reboot.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: jacks@sage-american.com [mailto:jacks@sage-american.com] 
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 3:08 PM
> To: rblayzor@inoc.net; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: Sendmail POP Lock
> 
> 
> Thanks, Robert... yes, I looked back at this post before I posted my
> question. But as I say in my later post, this is only a test 
> server and
> there should not have been any other user session, although 
> it might have
> thought so.... I figured this was another problem without an 
> answer yet....
> 
> 
> At 02:56 PM 2.15.2002 -0500, Robert Blayzor wrote:
> >I'll post this back into the list as it was just a few days ago:
> >
> >If you are running Qpopper (POP3) this is a common problem.  This
> >happens when someone tries to pop into the same account when another
> >session is already active.  Or possibly the qpopper session crashed
> >leaving the poplock file undeleted.
> >
> >There is no fix.  You simply don't have multiple pop sessions.  In
> >practice, it's not a good idea to do so.  
> >
> >
> >--
> >Robert Blayzor, BOFH
> >INOC, LLC
> >rblayzor@inoc.net
> >
> >'Life is like a spoonful of Drain-O, it feels good on the 
> way down but
> >leaves you feeling hollow inside'
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG 
> >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of 
> >> jacks@sage-american.com
> >> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:05 PM
> >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> >> Subject: Sendmail POP Lock
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I've just now set up a mail server using sendmail. Now, I see 
> >> that there is
> >> a constant lock ".sageame.pop" on the main mail box 
> "sageame". Popper
> >> installed and sendmail is configured. What did I forget to do 
> >> to cause this
> >> freezeup....?
> >> 
> >> Best regards,
> >> Jack L. Stone,
> >> Server Admin
> >> 
> >> ===================================================
> >> Sage-American 
> >> http://www.sage-american.com
> >> jacks@sage-american.com
> >> 
> >> "My center is giving way, my right is in retreat;
> >> ....situation excellent! ....I shall attack!"
> >> ===================================================
> >> 
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> >> 
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Best regards,
> Jack L. Stone,
> Server Admin
> 
> ===================================================
> Sage-American 
> http://www.sage-american.com
> jacks@sage-american.com
> 
> "My center is giving way, my right is in retreat;
> ....situation excellent! ....I shall attack!"
> ===================================================
> 


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