Re: [exim] failed to lock mailbox

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Autor: John Hixson
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Assumpte: Re: [exim] failed to lock mailbox
Yes, we are using mbox format. We allow both pop3 and imap connections
as well. We host almost 1000 domains on the same box. Most mailboxes are
set to 3-5mb quotas, while others are 20mb. The exim queue has nearly
20,000 messages sitting in it (spam , email to users who dont have a
mailbox setup, etc), could this be related?

Thanks,
John


Fred Viles wrote:

>On 16 May 2005 at 11:35, John Hixson wrote about
>    "[exim] failed to lock mailbox":

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