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Bug 215627 - Could not lock mail spool file
Could not lock mail spool file
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 206335
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
unspecified
Other All
: Normal blocker
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Assigned To: Evolution Triage Team
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2001-11-19 05:32 UTC by dufflebunk
Modified: 2001-11-20 14:54 UTC
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Description dufflebunk 2001-11-19 05:34:30 UTC 
Package: Evolution
Priority: Blocker
Version: 0.99.2
Synopsis: Could not lock mail spool file
Bugzilla-Product: Evolution
Bugzilla-Component: Mailer

Description:
Just upgraded from Evolution RC1 to RC2 (on november 18), suddenly now
when local mail is checked, the following error is received:
Error while 'Fetching Mail':
Could not lock '/var/spool/mail/<username>'
It worked this morning.
Comment 1 Luis Villa 2001-11-20 14:54:17 UTC 
It'll be fixed in 1.0; you'll also note that in the meantime there are
instructions on how to fix it in bug 206335.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 206335 ***