On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:55:57 +1000 Doug Laidlaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:36:56 +0100 > Anne Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Plain M2 :-) Every time I started Thunderbird I got a message that > > it couldn't locate the local mail spool (can't remember the exact > > words). Assuming it meant /var/spool/mail/anne, I touched that, > > owned anne:mail (I tried root, too), but now the message is "Unable > > to truncate spool file /var/spool/mail/anne". > > > > I don't have the problem on the Cauldron netbook, so I checked > > there, and there is no /var/spool/mail/anne - so I guess something > > has changed wrt local mail. Are we now talking about > > ~/.local/share/local-mail/ ? What do I need to do now? > > > > Anne > > - -- > /var/spool/mail/anne is the system mailbox for user anne. Thunderbird > will be putting your mail somewhere else. I suspect that it will be a > dot-directory under /home/anne, perhaps a subdirectory of > your .mozilla directory. > > I think that TB uses the mbox file format. That means that your inbox > will be one big file. Perhaps TB is trying to delete the old mails, > hence "truncate." > > HTH, > > Doug. > Sorry about the two emails. The first one just disappeared from my composer window, and I thought it was cancelled. Doug.
