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Title: fetchmail problem
Post by: leoscorp on March 27, 2002, 09:21:41 PM
This is mailed to me.

 Cron /etc/startmail

> fetchmail: couldn't time-check the run-control file
> fetchmail: lock creation failed.


every thing else work, can connect and send email, share the internet.
Have problems setting up receiving multi drop email.

help me understand

thanks
leoscorp
Title: Re: fetchmail problem
Post by: Graeme Fleming on April 15, 2002, 05:11:05 PM
Hi

Had the same prob (as well as fetchmail not parsing its config file properly).

Parsing error was fixed by not using a password with the first char being numeric; once this was fixed the error as you described occured.

Upgrade to 5.1.2 as per bug list on this server resolves this error.

HTH