Re: [Dovecot] Mailbox locking problem with iphone and POP3

On Mon, 2009-08-03 at 10:47 -0500, Bill Dunn - VCI Internet Services wrote:

I have a problem I can't seem to fix. I have dovecot configured to do POP3 with plain text authentication using a MySQL database. I am using Dovecot 1.0.7 with fcntl locking.

So you're using mbox format?

My problem has been when an iPhone/iPod checks email. The iPhone/iPod 

doesn't disconnect with a TCP FIN packet and it leaves the mailbox in a locked state and prevents the user's desktop from checking email. I have tried changing the file locking method and other config file options without any luck.

Do you have pop3_lock_session=no?