11.10 Evolution locks spoolfile

[Rashkae]

On 10/27/2011 10:21 AM, Aart Koelewijn wrote:
>
> The mailserver can deliver email to other accounts without a problem.
> These accounts are IMAP accounts read from other computers, but in my
> case the server is also my desktop. I used to have Evolution open al the
> time so I could read mail quickly without having to wait for the
> sometimes long start-up for Evolution, but that is impossible now.
>
> BTW, email is delivered from the mailserver to the spool file by a
> procmail pipe. This pipe times out because the spool file is locked.
>

This won't solve the underlaying problem (evolution keeping the file 
locked all the time.), but is a quick work around for you while looking 
for a permanent solution.

Create an Imap account for yourself and configure your evolution to open 
emails from that account, and remove the local mail spool from your 
evolution accounts.