wasnt /var/spool/mail a symlink to /var/mail anyway? > That's something to check, and ... does some one know why exactly did that > happen ( the transition from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail), and why the > upgrade scripts didn't handle that ... I had some very funny problems... > One ovf them being the lack of email for abuse@domain account :)
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Alexander List wrote: >> On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jarno Elonen wrote: >> >> > After a recent system update, ipop3d stopped moving users' mail from >> > /var/spool/mail to mbox. Now both 'mail' command and pop3 clients show empty >> > mailbox even if exim has in fact pumped /var/spool/mail full of new messages. >> >> Huomenta! >> >> No concrete solution to the problem, but did you notice that the default >> location for the mailboxes has changed from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail? >> >> Try stracing the ipop3d process and look what exactly it's doing... >> >> Alex >> >> -- >> "Forgive me, but I'm talking to a politician." >> John Simpson, BBC World >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
