On 04/14/2011 10:59 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote: > 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 )
the INBOX file seemed damaged , I've copied it elsewhere delete the INBOX file, re-copy the saves file it to INBOX then it works ...
