Re: [exim] failed to lock mailbox

Góra strony
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Autor: Fred Viles
Data:  
Dla: exim-users
Temat: Re: [exim] failed to lock mailbox
On 16 May 2005 at 11:35, John Hixson wrote about
    "[exim] failed to lock mailbox":


| Hi Guys,
| I am seeing this error for certain users repeatedly:
|
| defer (-9): failed to lock mailbox /path/to/john/doe/domain/name/inbox
| (lock file)


Looks like you are using mbox format? Only one process can write to
these files at a time, so you are probably looking at a conflict
between exim and your POP and/or IMAP server (which is?). Guess: Are
these users keeping an IMAP connection open all the time, or have
very large inbox files and POP very frequently?

- Fred