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



Thank you Diana


> This may or may not be a problem, depending on if the .*.po and *.lock 
> files disappear after mail has been collected and the connection 
> is broken.

The files does not dissapear after mail has been collected.

 
> These files are normal and necessary for proper operations. They help 
> prevent corruptions of mail files if someone is checking their mail and 
> more mail arrives at the machine for that account at the same moment.
> 
> Depending on what updates you have currently installed, there was 
> a problem 
> where the .pop and .lock files were not being dropped properly so 
> subsequent attempts to collect mail failed. If this is your case, then 
> there were some qpopper updates that fixed things. Let me know if 
> you need 
> more info on this. Otherwise, these files are necessary and no 
> cause for alarm.

I need more info about where I can find qpopper uppdates / fixes.