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Re: [LI] Mail lock file



what were fetching your mails from the server when u got disc?
Fetchmail??

VaibhaV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sushanth Sowmyan <sush@xxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 1999 3:44 PM
Subject: [LI] Mail lock file


> Hello all
> 
> While I was downloading my mail from my server, my connxn with VSNL was
> terminated and now, netscape says that the spool file is already being
> read by another user and does not respond.
> I'm not able to download my mail from my account now.
> I've tried searching for a lockfile but can't find any.
> I've also tried restarting inetd(to restart popd) & finally even
> rebooting the server.
> I logged in using shell and ran `mail` there. I've managed to save my
> mail as files and ftp them. My mail is now nonexistant and there isn't
> even a file in the /var/spool/mail directory. However, the problem
> persists. Any idea why?
> Any way to get it working again?
> Our server runs Slackware 96 ( Kernel 2.0.34)
> 
> TIA
> -sush
> 
> 
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