Re: [Dovecot] 2.1: timeout waiting for lock?

On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 11:44 +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:

Mar 15 09:46:11 postamt dovecot: pop3(username): Error: Couldn't open INBOX: Timeout while waiting for lock Mar 15 09:46:11 postamt dovecot: pop3(username): Couldn't open INBOX top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0

during that time, I wasn't able to access the mailbox using imap. I then issued

Maildir?

doveadm kick username

and all over sudden the mailbox was accessible (via IMAP)

So one of them had the INBOX locked. Do you have pop3_lock_session=yes?