On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 12:51:55PM -0500, Loren Jordan wrote: > If you are able to re compile Qpopper, you can change the location of the > <user>.lock file as a compile option, just put it some where there is no > quota checking. You will also need to adjust the configuration of your MDA > to watch for lock files in that new location.
MDA or MTA, but also MUA... > I ran into this same problem > a couple of years ago (when I worked at Qualcomm :). I was also constantly > having to repair the users mbox files because of corruptions in the headers > that would cause Qpopper to die. You mean when it didn't use right lockfiles? > There are a lot of compile time options that you can adjust and if you just > have to keep using it, do re-compile with the "server mode" enabled. I > forget the exact name of that option but it keeps the users spool file > copies to only 1 per session. This change alone brought the load on our > mail servers down to less than 1.0. Right, but the manpage says I shouldn't use that mode if users also read mail using MUAs. > I would recommend going with something like qmail (I like it more than > anything else I have used) or any other pop server that supports > Maildir. Actually I have to deal with qmail on another machine, and I prefer exim... and it supports Maildir delivery as well, so I think I'll just try to switch to it. Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marcin.owsiany.pl/ GnuPG: 1024D/60F41216 FE67 DA2D 0ACA FC5E 3F75 D6F6 3A0D 8AA0 60F4 1216 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
