in addition check (in the users homedir) for an mbox file, or a Maildir folder. mail can be moved to any one of these places.
- Martin - On Monday 26 April 2004 10:11, joseph mpora wrote: > George, > > Check the user's home folder for a Mail or mail directory, I have had my > mails moved before from my /var/spool/ to the home folder > > Joseph > > On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 10:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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. <snip> --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
