I have an admin account on a server whose mail can't be collected at the
> moment, the error message says:
>
> ERR [IN-USE] /var/spool/mail/.admin.pop lock busy!
>
> Well... there is not file by that name - and I can't a file by that name
> anywhere on the server - anything else that might produce the same error?
>
> thanks
>
> GHL
>
Greg.
Before you try my other solution is their a file called admin.lock in the
/var/spool/mail directory?
Dont try doing a locate for it as you wont find it. you have to physically
look, and make sure you use the command ls-al as an ordinary ls may not
show it.
If so remove the .lock file using rm -v admin.lock
If this doesnt work or the file is not there, try my other method.