On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 12:51:38PM -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > open("/var/spool/imap/b/user/barnosky", O_RDONLY) = 12 I should say too - this is absolutely a bug, please file a bug report and I'll get it fixed. But the workaround of finding the funny file and deleting/renaming it will get you out of your immediate bind. Bron.