I've run into that problem before. The problem is probably with the POP3
daemon. We were using popper which creates a temporary .userid.popper
file when a user checks mail using POP3. I think the idea is that if the
connection is broken the temp file can be used to put the
/var/spoll/mail file back the way it was before the POP3 session
started.
Anyhow, what was happening here was that the clients were timing out
because of huge attachments in the mail file and the temp .popper file
was being added to the existing /var/spool/mail file thus the huge mail
message would be repeated as many times as the user tried to POP3 the
mail.
Our solution was to run ipop3d. In this case the client just times out
and the mail file stays the same size.
CDI Tech wrote:
>
> Sorry Im running exim version 1.82.
>
> It also seems that the users that have attachments in there mailbox is the
> the ones it is causing problems too.
>
> Regards
> Scott Stavretis
> Connect Direct Internet
> ---- www.cdi.com.au ----
>
> Im hoping someone could help me with the below problem I am having...
>
> A few of my dialup users have experienced problems with checking their
> email.. It appears that there email box is doubling every time they check
> there email. It also appears that they are all using netscape. They do
> not have leave mail on server ticked.
>
> Im using Exim 1.82
>
> Im hoping you have a suggestion...
>
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