Re: [cobalt-users] pop problem lock files.

["Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

> I have problems with the pop server on my raq2 server.

This is not a problem.
When your client is checking for mail and downloading it, the file
gets locked so that you don't have two things (outgoing mail/incoming
mail) writing to it at once and screwing everything up.
Once the client is done checking their mail, those files will go away
and the file will be unlocked - unless they have a really screwed up
email program that is aborting the connection, isn't getting all of
the mail before puking, etc.
.svel.pop is a new file made that will temporarily hold any new mail
that comes in while the current mail is being downloaded
.svel is the normal mail file
.svel.lock is the lock for the normal mail file that says "don't write
to that file while I exist".

Like I said, it's not a problem, and I'm really wondering what made
you notice them anyway. You'd have to be sitting right there in the
directory doing an ls -la every ten seconds like some peeping Tom to
see one of these go by.

CarrieB