Dear Alpha Managers ---
We are running DU 4.0b, sendmail 8.8.5, Qualcomm popper 2.2, Pine 3.95 and
Dec binmail on an AlphaServer 4100 5/300E (4-way). The machine has some
interactive Pine users, but is primarily dedicated to POP users (mostly
Eudora) and processing e-mail. We have around 5500 active POP users and
process around 100,000 mail messages a day through this machine. The
problem we are having is with mailboxes getting "corrupted" by being padded
at the top with a variable number of NULL (x00) characters. We cannot
verify that it has ever happened to a non-POP user. Also, strangely
enough, we have another less heavily used (by POP users) system with the
same software installed on it and have NEVER seen the problem there.
The problem has been an occasional annoyance for awhile and on previous
versions of all of the above, but now seems to be increasing in frequency
(perhaps just because of the growth in the number of users). From
searching the archives, I understand that this problem has been the topic
of discussions on the list in the past (somewhat inconclusively, it seems
to me). If anyone has suggestions, similar experiences, additional
evidence or any ideas on how to circumvent or fix this problem (or
problems), could you please send them to me and I will summarize? Thanks!
--Diane
Received on Thu Apr 03 1997 - 03:44:33 NZST