Subject: PC-Pine 4.21 error: "INBOX" closed due to access error

From: Robert Larmon <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:25:37 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Hi all,
	I am perplexed by this error which is occurring for one or two
users of PC-Pine.  The error message is :

ERROR: Mail Folder "INBOX" closed due to access error.

I have confirmed that only one session of PC-Pine (or Pine) is running.
Also, the PCs in question have been rebooted this morning.  No other users
have complained thus far, and I have run PC-Pine without any issues -
although I'm using 4.30 now.

Other possible clues... I am running a somewhat old IMAP version, (UW
12.250) but haven't had any issues until now.  Also, there were 40 people
using IMAP concurrently.  (Is there a 40-user limitation on some systems?)

Other info:
 - server is Solaris 1.2 (SunOS 4.1.4)
 - 2 remote users (1 using a dialup, 1 using DSL) have complained of
	sluggishness.

Can anyone decipher this error message and tell me what "access error" it
is reporting? (Or at least the kind or type of error it is?)  Anyone else
have this error, or at least some suggestions?

Thanks,

Robert

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From: Gopi Sundaram <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 15:27:51 -0500 (EST)

> ERROR: Mail Folder "INBOX" closed due to access error.

I think this is related to tcp connections disconnecting before they
time out on an inactive connection. If that is the case, it is a Unix
kernel bug. A workaround is to set your mail-check-interval to less
than 60 seconds. The problem isn't seen regularly.

I could be totally off the mark here though. Try it, and see if it
works for you.

Gopi.

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