On Jan 17 2007 15:51, Bob Williams wrote: > >I'm using Kontact/Kmail to collect mail from two external ISPs, no problem. I >have also setup an account to collect mail from /var/spool/mail/bob but >nothing arrives in my inbox.
Check /var/log/mail, ( `mailq` and `mailq -Ac` ) when using sendmail. >'You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/bob' > >That directory contains an empty file called bob, Hah. It looks like something steals your mails from the system mailbox (it's timestamp got updated as part of the process and you got the notification). Possibly kontact/kmail/thunderbird/anything else that does not directly deal with MBOX (like pine). and a locked file called >root. Presumably the latter is there because at installation I opted to >direct root's mail to this user? Shouldn't I be able to read it, in that >case? > >What's going on (or not)? >-- >Bob > >SuSE Linux 10.2, KDE 3.5.5 http://bhf.demon.co.uk/linux/tricks.html >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -`J' -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
