--- LMAILSvr.cpp
+++ LMAILSvr.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 				 int iMaxSSFileName)
 {
 	char szSpoolDir[SYS_MAX_PATH];
+	FILE *pSSFile = NULL;
 
 	LMAILGetSpoolDir(szSpoolDir, sizeof(szSpoolDir));
 
@@ -129,14 +130,6 @@
 
 	UsrGetTmpFile(NULL, pszSSFileName, iMaxSSFileName);
 
-	FILE *pSSFile = fopen(pszSSFileName, "wb");
-
-	if (pSSFile == NULL) {
-		ErrorPush();
-		RLckUnlockSH(hResLock);
-		return ErrorPop();
-	}
-
 	int iFileCount = 0;
 	char szSpoolFileName[SYS_MAX_PATH];
 	FSCAN_HANDLE hFileScan = MscFirstFile(szSpoolDir, 0, szSpoolFileName,
@@ -149,17 +142,29 @@
 
 			if ((ulHashValue % (unsigned long) pLMAILCfg->lNumThreads) ==
 			    (unsigned long) lThreadId) {
+				if(pSSFile == NULL) {
+					pSSFile = fopen(pszSSFileName, "wb");
+
+					if (pSSFile == NULL) {
+						ErrorPush();
+						MscCloseFindFile(hFileScan);
+						RLckUnlockSH(hResLock);
+						return ErrorPop();
+					}
+				}
+
 				fprintf(pSSFile, "%s\r\n", szSpoolFileName);
 				++iFileCount;
 			}
 		} while (MscNextFile(hFileScan, szSpoolFileName, sizeof(szSpoolFileName)));
 		MscCloseFindFile(hFileScan);
 	}
-	fclose(pSSFile);
+
+	if(pSSFile != NULL)
+		fclose(pSSFile);
 	RLckUnlockSH(hResLock);
 
 	if (iFileCount == 0) {
-		SysRemove(pszSSFileName);
 		SetEmptyString(pszSSFileName);
 
 		ErrSetErrorCode(ERR_NO_LOCAL_SPOOL_FILES);