[tpop3d-discuss] Maildir auth failure - Panic mode!!

ODHIAMBO Washington wash at wananchi.com
Fri, 27 Jun 2003 13:40:27 +0300


* Chris Lightfoot <chris@ex-parrot.com> [20030627 13:29]: wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:24:25PM +0300, ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
> > 
> > I have changed my Exim to deliver to /var/spoo/virtual/$(domain)/$(user)/Maildir
> > but now I am stuck. Deliveries occur normally, but authentication with tpop3d
> > fails.
> > In tpop3d.conf I have
>     [...]
> > -ERR Unable to open mailbox; it may be locked by another concurrent session.
> > Connection closed by foreign host.
> > 
> > 
> > I have even changed the permissions on the Maildirs to be 775 but no luck.
> > 
> > Any help??
> >
> 
> can you run tpop3d with the -v option and tell me what
> appears in the log?


All users are getting this error:

Jun 27 13:37:31 ns2 tpop3d[34581]: connection_sendresponse: client [8]wash@airoquip.com(62.8.64.4): sent `-ERR Unable to open
mailbox; it may be locked by another concurrent session.'




 	Best regards,
	Odhiambo Washington
        Wananchi Online Ltd.


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