Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:41:46 -0700 From: Tim Alberts <talberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Problem with Fedora1 and ipop3d To: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>, Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <200404221341.46662.talberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
"directly editing or accessing the $user mbox file in the spool using an editor IS BAD and nothing you should do!"
I think you may have found the problem. I do not edit the /var/spool/mail/user files, however, I do delete and move them from system to system (changing file permissions along the way to match what they were).
Is this my error?
No. Deleting user files in /var/spool/mail does nothing but delete the mail file. As soon as new mail arrives a new user file is created by sendmail, postfix, etc. I've never tried moving from system to system, tho.
Paul
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