> On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 14:19 +0200, Roger Grosswiler wrote: >> strange. try file [mailbox], this should everywhere result with the same >> information. how about ownership of your mailbox-file? >> >> Roger > > [neal@localhost mail]$ file neal > neal: ASCII mail text > [neal@localhost mail]$ file denise > denise: empty > [neal@localhost mail]$ file root > root: writable, regular file, no read permission > [neal@localhost mail]$ > > They are all owned by the users they belong with. Two have the group > 'mail' and roots group is root. I'm still wondering why I had no file > before logwatch dumped one there. Shouldn't I have had an account > created like the other users when I made the user id? > > -- usually, i think it is generated, if the first mail enters for a user. try to send a e-mail to your account, in the shell via 'mail neal'. is it then in your mailbox?? if yes, then i could only imagine, that there is also a possible bug in evolution for this.... :-( btw. you could also read your e-mails in the shell using mutt roger
