[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Guys, maybe there is another place they could be moved to. In > the /home/username directory, there is only the mail directory and > there I find sent-mails, saved-messages and neomail-trash. Nothing > more.
This could be a far-fetch, but please update your file system layout (with the 'fileutils' utilities) and then run 'locate' with the user's username as an argument. If it's somewhere on the system, it will show up. > >> 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 >> >> > > ************************************************************************ > 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 Regards, Mark Tinka Technical Manager, Africa Online Swaziland --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
