He must have popped them to a client. That is my wild guess.  Are u using POP 
or IMAP ?

Fred




Quoting Lule George William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> 
> No such luck. It doesn't exist!
> 
> > 
> > Use ls -al
> > and check for the file under the name /var/spool/mail/.username
> > 
> > 
> > On Apr 24, 2004, at 10:16 AM, Lule George William wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello all,
> > > Something strange has just happened. A user has just lost all his
> > > mails, over 32MB of them!!! When I check /var/spool/mail/username, I
> > > find that only 12k is left. I am sure he didn't delete them because 
> he
> > > needs all of them, what do you think happened? Is there a chance of
> > > retrieving any?
> > > System: SuSE Linux 7.2, kernel 2.4.4-4GB, 40GB Hard disk and 512 
> RAM.
> > > Neomail is the MUA.
> > > 
> *********************************************************************** 
> > > *
> > > Lule George William (Mr)
> > > Network and Systems Administrator
> > > Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi
> > > P.O. Box 5498 Kampala
> > > Uganda
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------
> > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network
> > > http://www.infocom.co.ug
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > ****************                   *****************************
> > Kiggundu Mukasa                # Computer Network Consultancy###
> > KYM-NET LTD.                   # Intranets & Internet Solutions#
> > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street
> > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda
> > Tel:     +256 77 972255
> >           +256 71 221141
> > Fax:     +256 31 262122
> > *****************************************************************
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > This service is hosted on the Infocom network
> > http://www.infocom.co.ug
> > 
> > 
> 
> ************************************************************************
> Lule George William (Mr)
> Network and Systems Administrator
> Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi
> P.O. Box 5498 Kampala
> Uganda
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
> This service is hosted on the Infocom network
> http://www.infocom.co.ug
> 




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