G'day all...
I've installed postfix + dovecot on a mailserver (using Maildir mailbox format). The domain MX record is in the process of being updated, and there is still mail for the organisation on another providers mailserver.
I set up fetchmail (using pop3 protocol) to download the mail, but did not configure anything to allow delivery to the appropriate Maildir directory.
(FWIW, the user has login shell set to /sbin/nologin - intention being a mail-only account.)
After setting up fetchmail I then ran it (from root) in daemon mode, polling every five minutes.
It had started to download mail when I realised my mistake and issued a `fetchmail -q` to kill the daemon process.
A high number of messages were downloaded, and I'm not sure where they've been stored. /var/spool/mail/<username> seems to be an empty file. Any clues on how to recover the downloaded mail? (If possible?)
Also, any clues on how this /should/ be done?
Warmest regards
Mike
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Michael S. E. Kraus
Network Administrator
Capital Holdings Group (NSW) Pty Ltd
p: (02) 9955 8000
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