Alpine/pine or Kernel Bug?

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We have an NFS mounted mail spool served to a number of client computers. Since the most recent kernel patches available for OpenSUSE Leap 42.2, the alpine/pine mail client gives an error message every time mail is delivered to a user’s inbox.

We get the following errors:

[Unexpected changes to folder (try restarting): ]

[MAIL FOLDER “INBOX” CLOSED DUE TO ACCESS ERROR]

This happens when a new mail is received and a user has their inbox open.

This is specific to kernel version 4.4.79. When I booted a test system to kernel 4.4.74 alpine/pine behaves as it always has and recognizes that new mail has been received.

Is this a bug in the latest kernel or a bug in alpine/pine that hasn’t shown up under previous kernel versions?

Thanks for any ideas about resolving this.

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Maybe upgrade your test system to the latest kernel and see if your problem reoccurs?

TSU

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Thanks for the response. I wasn’t clear in my original post.

The test system is on the latest patch level and the problem occurs on it when I boot into the most recent kernel. When I select “Advanced Options” and chose the prior kernel, the problem disappears.