On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Derric Scott wrote:
>
> Sorry to continue a fairly old, off-topic thread, but:
>
> > > > > > > > > I am using Linux 2.0.18 on the mail server, and POP3D.
> > >
> > > Dump the pine pop3 server that comes with Slackware. Get qpopper off
> > > ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/quest/unix/servers/popper
> >
> > I got popper, and it didn't work under heavy loads. It corrupted
> > many peoples mail files with junk at the top, and bad snmp headers
> > in some mail files. This never happened until I put popper in.
> > I had to take it out. But it did stop the /tmp/pop*.
>
> I had both problems - qpopper corrupting files and Netscape causing left files
> in /tmp with the standard Linux in.popd. (qpopper's locking is/was obviously
> not compatible with sendmail's).
>
> I found that the standard Linux in.popd was getting a signal (SIGPIPE) that
> it wasn't expecting when the customer aborted his Netscape download of a
> large file (wasn't expecting a > 1 Meg file, I guess). This signal causes
> the daemon to exit unexpectedly. (Why this signal is generated, I didn't
> explore too far).
>
> I put in a fix as well as some other mods - you can get it and take a look in
> ftp://ftp.scott.net/pub/linux/mail
> It has a crude/short README.linux that I stuck my change notes in.
>
> There are still, rarely, large files left, but this fixes the main problem.
>
> Freely use at your own risk! :) Of course, all standard disclaimers apply
> as to fitness for a particular purpose, etc...
>
> Oh... anyone know why mail starts duplicating itself (same situation - user's
> using Netscape, etc...). Different problem, but is triggered by a large mail
> message and then usually causes the above problem. Man, I hate that Netscape
> POP implementation.
>
> Later!
>
> Derric
>
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