Re: [LI] Problem with mail

[Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Kalyan Varma Alluri wrote:

> While I was downloading my mail using Netscape messenger,
> the line got cut and when I resume it it says
> " mails already read from /usr/spool/mail/kalyan , try any
> other password". when I type the password it still does not

Kalyan - just be patient. The POP3 server will time out eventually and
relase the lock on your mail spool, which will then again become readable.
This used to be a common problem with VSNL in the past.

Atul


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