Netscape POP mail on Linux

Peters Todd (peters@inpi.com)
Mon, 7 Oct 1996 14:56:49 -0500 (CDT)

That seems to be the problem here, although it happens with attachments
less than 2MB, I think. When the problem occurs, a file pops up in the /tmp
directory called "pop384592" or similar.. This file is owned by the
subscriber... Sometimes, just deleting that file fixes the problem, but
sometimes all of the users' spool must be deleted. I am going to try
limiting the attachment size. Does anyone know what causes this?

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Todd Peters InterPresence, Inc.
Phone: 815-391-8080 Internet Access and Corporate WAN
Fax: 815-391-8086 129 S. Phelps Avenue Suite 206
E-Mail: peters@inpi.com Rockford, IL 61108

On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Mark Steil wrote:

> We have had the same trouble as well, and every customer having the problem has a huge >2M file attachment, I solved the problem in Sendmail by limiting the size of a file attachment to 2M in the sendmail.cf file and no more complaints..
>
> Mark Steil
> System Administrator
> Twin Rivers Valley Internet Services Inc.
> Ph 515-887-5900 West Bend Office
> Ph 515-379-2545 Livermore Office
>
>
>
> Todd:
> The only problems we seem to have like that is if the user either has
> WAY too much mail (like some "friend" sent him Microsoft Office as an
> attachment) or they have other connection problems.
>
> Chuck
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Peters Todd wrote:
>
> >
> > I hope this question is okay for this group, even though it doesn't
> > regard portmasters per say... Has anyone had a problem with clients
> > checking POP mail? It seems to happen only with Netscape, (although
> > one client claims Eudora did it also) - but the queue isn't being
> > removed from the server. This is very annoying, and I know that other
> > ISP's in the area are having the same problem (netcom included).
> > I am using Linux 2.0.18 on the mail server, and POP3D.
> >
>