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Date:      Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:14:23 -0400
From:      Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Corrupt MBOX
Message-ID:  <20060723151137.CF34.GERARD@seibercom.net>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060723115126.0252d280@mail.computinginnovations.com>
References:  <20060722131648.76D3.GERARD@seibercom.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20060723115126.0252d280@mail.computinginnovations.com>

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Derek Ragona wrote:

> The problem is caused by bad headers that trip up pop.  Pop reads the email 
> file looking for the headers and the body of the message.  If the header is 
> not complete, pop servers give an error and quit.  This usually causes 
> users to get multiple copies of mail until the error is encountered or no 
> pop email at all.
> 
> The only way I have found to fix this is to either use pine and delete the 
> bad message.  Pine is better at handling mal-formed headers.  Or to use a 
> webmail interface to delete the bad email.
> 
>          -Derek

Actually, I installed Dovecot and the problem seems to have dissipated.


-- 
Gerard Seibert
gerard@seibercom.net


While I am looking at an object I can not imagine it.

     Wittgenstein



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