On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 08:57:20PM +0200, Alexander Volovics wrote: > I installed FC4 today and configured mail using 'postfix', > 'mutt' and 'fetchmail/procmail' just as under FC3. > > However procmail refuses to create '/var/mail/$LOGNAME' > with this message from fetchmail: > fetchmail: reading message awol@xxxxxxxxxxxx:82 of 87 (4988 octets) .... > procmail: Couldn't create "/var/mail/awo" Yeah, the file will have to already exist -- /var/spool/mail isn't mode 777. (This is the case with FC3 too.) Personally, I avoid the issue by making this the last line in my .procmailrc: :0 inbox/ That way, all mail that isn't sent elsewhere is delivered into my (Maildir-style) inbox in my ~/Mail directory. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
