[Exim] Re: Lock Failure on mailbox

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Autor: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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CC: Odhiambo G. Washington
Assumpte: [Exim] Re: Lock Failure on mailbox
+++ Odhiambo G. Washington [exim-users] <10/12/01 08:29 +0300>:
> 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??


Why should it bounce things? It should ideally queue the mail and try
again later. Check the permissions on that thing - and also try fuser to
determine what's locking that mbox.

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Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin