Jon Carnes wrote:
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.
dead.letter files can also show up if you're using `pine` as your email
client, and while composing a message, abandon it. If I'm remembering
correctly, it writes out the file to dead.letter, as a precaution,
instead of throwing it away entirely.
Aaron S. Joyner
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