[Dovecot] lock file strangeness

[Timo Sirainen]

Dovecot doesn't create lock files named like these.

On 25.7.2012, at 22.50, McGraw, Robert P wrote:

> 
> We are running dovecot-1.2.10 on a Solaris 10 x86 host.
> 
> Starting on July 24 I started seeing the following type lock files I the
> /var/mail directory.
> 
>   -rw-rw-rw-   1 agab mail           0 Jul 24 10:08
>   agabriel.lock.1343138908.28535.hardy.purdue.edu
> 
>   -rw-rw-rw-   1 agab mail           0 Jul 24 10:08
>   agabriel.lock.1343138907.28535.hardy.purdue.edu
> 
>   -rw-rw-rw-   1 agab mail           0 Jul 24 10:08
>   agabriel.lock.1343138906.28535.hardy.purdue.edu
> 
>   -rw-rw-rw-   1 agab mail           0 Jul 24 10:08
>   agabriel.lock.1343138905.28535.hardy.purdue.edu
> 
> They are being created by only three of our users. What is common with the
> three
> users is that they are using alpine mail client.
> 
> Again these just started on July 24.
> 
> We have over 300 user and a lot of them use alpine but only three users
> seem to 
> generate these lock files.
> 
> Can some one tell me what and why these are being created and why they are
> not getting destroyed?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
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