Re: ERR SYS/PERM Unable to process From lines

Hi Keith,

My guess is that something is stomping on the spool.  Does this seem 
to happen to a set of users in particular?  Are you running in server 
mode?  Do you have other processes that might access the spool (e.g., 
an IMAP server, users accessing the spool directly, etc.)?  Do you 
have fast IO or locking options set?  Are you using an unusual local 
delivery agent?

You might try disabling server mode, more as a diagnostic than a fix, 
to see if that stops it.


At 4:21 PM -0600 10/18/12, Keith Christian wrote:

>  Hi Folks,
>
>  Running Qpopper (version 4.1.0) under Red Hat Enterprise 5.x.
>
>  We occasionally get these errors for various mailboxes.  Upon
>  examination, the .mail file has various lines out of place, causing
>  Qpopper to emit this message:
>
>          -ERR [SYS/PERM] Unable to process From lines (envelopes) in
>  /home/group_a/user11525/.mail; change recognition mode or check for
>  corrupted mail drop.
>
>  Infrequently, I'll edit out the bad lines and the mailbox is readable
>  again, but this is too tedious to do on a routine basis.
>
>  We saw this in the past with older versions as well, e.g. 4.0.8.
>
>  Any suggestions for improving this situation?
>
>  Thanks!
>
>  Keith


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