[Dovecot] Mailbox locking problem with iphone and POP3

[Timo Sirainen]

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?

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