getmail .lockfile

looks like once/twice a week the .lockfile is not removed so it stops getting mail.

It's not on a default day/time so it's a bit hard to find why. Any suggestions to debug/fix this?

Running Debian Sqeeuze

 

any one?

Update: Problem also exists on a Debian Jessie install

 

ah found why it is there. This occurs when there is an interruption during getmail run.

@till Is it possible to automatically remove the lockfile if it is there +30 minutes?

 

Problem still exists. Also on a clean Jessie install with latest isp config it doesn't remove the lockfile and it stops getting mail.

 

Getmail is invoked by /usr/local/bin/run-getmail.sh. You can change this file from

Code:

if [ -f /tmp/.getmail_lock ]; then

to

Code:

if test `find /tmp/.getmail_lock -mmin -10`; then

to ignore lockfiles older than 10 minutes