Error Msg - help please

cheekymole

I keep getting this error message when I try to check my default e-mail

-ERR [SYS/TEMP] mailbox locked by other server

any ideas please?

Chippy_Minton

It's probably a temporary problem with the POP3 email servers at your ISP.

RFC 3206, a document which defines POP3 response codes, says:

The SYS response code announces that a failure is due to a system
error, as opposed to the user's credentials or an external condition.
It is hierarchical, with two possible second-level codes: TEMP and
PERM. (Case is not significant at any level of the hierarchy.)

SYS/TEMP indicates a problem which is likely to be temporary in
nature, and therefore there is no need to alarm the user, unless the
failure persists. Examples might include a central resource which is
currently locked or otherwise temporarily unavailable, insufficient
free disk or memory, etc.

cheekymole

not quite sure what it means but it's just sorted itself out so it sounds about right!!!!!