This can also happen if the file or directory rights stop the local delivery agent from dropping off the mail into the spool. Also if a spool file is simply too large to open/save any new data into.
Check local spool files and look for any "." files in the spool directory: ls -al /var/spool/mail Jon On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 14:50, Lisa Boyd wrote: > On 09 Nov 2005 12:47:13 -0500, jonc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mail gets dumped into there when something blocks the local delivery of > > valid local mail. This normally happens when the volume containing the > > mail spool is full - or if you have multiple processes locking the users > > mail spools. > > I don't think the volume is full (wouldn't that prevent all mail from > being delivered?). How do I check and see if the spools are locked? > > I'll be looking for the script :) I think I ran across it this morning > but now I can't remember where I saw it. > > Lisa B. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
