On 04/14/2011 10:23 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 10:18 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: >>>>> mail_location = >>>>> mbox:%h/:INDEX=/var/cache/dovecot/index/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u >>> >>> That's the way mbox format works. One IMAP or POP3 client can lock the >>> mailbox for a long time. LDA can either wait longer of fail and let MTA >>> retry the delivery later. The default is: >>> >>> mbox_lock_timeout = 5 mins >>> >>> So apparently the LDA already waited for 5 minutes for the lock. >>> >>> (There is also actually mail_max_lock_timeout setting, but the default is 0 >>> = disabled.) >>> >> >> Should I do something to correct ? > > I don't really know if there is anything except switching away from > mbox. >
Hmmm the INBOX file seems locked by "something" ( mutt says FLOCK )
