On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 09:00 +0200, Bart Couvreur wrote: > On 9/5/05, M. Lewis <_fedoralist_@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > M. Lewis wrote: > > > FedoraCore4 > > > T'bird version 1.0.6-1.1.fc4 (20050720) > > > > > > I've read numerous other postings about mail disappearing. I've searched > > > the FAQ as well as the forum at the Thunderbird help. I've tried all the > > > steps outlined in the 'mail disappearing' topic on the T'bird forum. > > > Still I have no Inbox. > > > > > > The scenario: > > > > > > Today I needed to reboot my machine to install a new kernel. T'bird was > > > working fine. I had about 70 or so emails in my inbox. Last night I was > > > working on cleaning the inbox up and moving messages out of there. > > > > > > Rebooted machine. Brought up T'bird. Went to the inbox folder and it was > > > empty. Shutdown T'bird, started it again. Inbox is still empty. > > > > > > If I go to my profile/ImapMail/ I cannot find any files or directories > > > called Inbox. It apparently somehow magically was completely deleted. > > > > > > I've sent messages to myself from other accounts. I can not receive mail > > > now. I suspect the reason is the inbox is gone. > > > > > > If I click on another folder in T'bird (other than Inbox) then click on > > > Inbox again, I see in the bottom left of the screen "Opening Folder..." > > > but of course nothing happens. > > > > > > I'm very suspicious of some issue with IMAP, though Dovecot seems to be > > > running fine. I set T'bird to check mail every 1 minute. If I do 'tail > > > -f /var/log/maillog | grep imap' I DO NOT see T'bird logging in every > > > minute. I see it only when I start T'bird. > > > > > > If I send new message to myself, I can see it in /var/spool/mailboxname. > > > > > > 1) Any clues as to why this happened? > > > 2) Any clues how to recover the messages that were in the Inbox? > > > 3) Any clues how to prevent this from happening again? I suspect the > > > answer to this is have very small Inbox. As I stated earlier, I was > > > working on that last night. Guess I didn't get to it quickly enough. > > > > > > I posted this on the Thunderbird help forum and I did get some answers > > > from one fellow. Unfortunately, he was a M$ user and just gave me the > > > standard spiel about things I had already tried. > > > > > > Thanks for any ideas about how to proceed. > > > > > > M > > > > > > > Good ole Paul had the key: > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-selinux-list&m=112541415121689&w=2 > > > > This solved the problem of not being able to 'receive' new mail with > > T'bird. Of course it had nothing to do (I don't think) with why T'bird > > deleted my Inbox in the first place. > > > > Thanks for the suggestions guys. > > > > Mike > > Just one question: I have the same problem, where do I have to add > this line (allow dovecot_t mail_spool_t:file write;). I'm a newbie > with selinux! You need to have the SELinux policy sources installed first: # yum install selinux-policy-targeted-sources # cd /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/ Create a local rules file domains/misc/local.te containing the rule(s) you want to add: # echo 'allow dovecot_t mail_spool_t:file write;' > domains/misc/local.te Then try out the new policy: # make reload There is useful information on customising policy in the Apache FC3 SELinux FAQ at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-apache-fc3/ Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
