On Thursday 22 April 2004 15:33, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Fr, den 23.04.2004 schrieb Paul Dubinsky um 00:22: > > >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 > > It is no problem, but I think Tim's problem is that he does not > understand that each time he erases the complete user's > /var/spool/mail/$user file it will be recreated with a first "dummy" > message, the one he pasted in his first posting. Well, the message > itself speaks about that behaviour. > > Alexander I think you are correct. The first message I posted seems to be an imap message. Which leaves me with the following questions: Why is an IMAPmessage getting written with no IMAP service running? Why after it gets written does email randomly dissappear? Why does the SystemLogger keep telling me /var/spool/mail folder has to have access 777?
