2 Feb
2005
2 Feb
'05
9:31 p.m.
I cannot reproduce this error everytime, but it seems to happen when Outlook tries to delete the first message (the first message in the file, message on top) in the /var/mail/user file.
I tried looking through the mailing list but came up blank. Is this a known problem?
I can fix this problem by editing the file manually and fixing the file. If I delete the first 2 lines (in the example below) and make sure the Inbox file starts at "From ..." it works fine again.
Here is the log:
Feb 2 09:23:45 angel pop3-login: Login: sathyan [127.0.0.1] Feb 2 09:23:45 angel pop3(sathyan): File isn't in mbox format: /var/mail/sathyan Feb 2 09:23:45 angel pop3(sathyan): File isn't in mbox format: /var/mail/sathyan Feb 2 09:23:45 angel pop3(sathyan): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occured. Refer to server log for more information. [2005-02-02 09:23:45]
The inbox file for this user looks like this:
[root@angel mail]# head sathyan zenxoI6Jdi_xPyRoBhrhf--
From caecelius@payaway.every1.net Wed Feb 2 07:03:36 2005 Return-Path: caecelius@payaway.every1.net
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Girish Patangay girish@intoto.com
Intoto Inc