-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 26/06/12 07:52, andre999 wrote: > Anne Wilson a écrit : >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 25/06/12 11:55, Doug Laidlaw 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." >>> >>> >> That makes sense, yes. I had assumed that it was talking about >> system messages, which I would expect to be in >> /var/spool/mail/anne. >> >> I am using IMAP - not Disconnected IMAP - IOW, I don't store mail >> locally (though I did previously), so that shouldn't be the >> problem. All the same, I'll give it some thought. >> >> Thanks >> >> Anne - -- > If you are using IMAP, by default it will download a message each > time you view it, instead of downloading once and leaving it on > your computer. (The plus is easier access from different > computers.) I don't know how mozilla (thunderbird or seamonkey) > deals with IMAP, but if a message is larger than the message size > download limit, that could be the problem. With seamonkey the > message size limit is set under account_preferences/disk_space. > (free translation from french) I imagine that thunderbird uses a > similar location > > With POP3 (which I use), it downloads the beginning of an oversized > message and displays "truncated. If you click on the link > displayed, it will then downloads the entire message, then deletes > the partial message that was first downloaded. Maybe checking > ~/.mozilla/thunderbird/xxxxxxxx.*/Mail/{accountname}/inbox or > similar will give you some clues. > Good suggestion, but the message popup was seen as Thunderbird started, not during downloading. Although I think it is "cured" I'd really like to know what was happening. Still....
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