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^.^.....Gordie Gizzmo ( a confirmed cyber-wittness )
On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Peters Todd wrote:
> 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?
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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.
> > >
> >
>