[Exim] Lock Failure on mailbox

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Autor: Odhiambo G. Washington
Datum:  
To: exim-users
Betreff: [Exim] Lock Failure on mailbox
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hello list,

This is probably an FAQ but I haven't seen it happen before. Suppose there
is a lock on a mailbox (by a POP session, most probably), is Exim supposed
to bounce e-mails arriving at that particular moment? Or maybe I'm having
a problem with my POP3 daemon overstaying a lock??

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This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim).

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

  sbgroup@???
    (generated from mail@???)
    failed to lock mailbox /var/mail/sbgroup (fcntl):
    retry timeout exceeded


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TIA




-Wash

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