John, I tried as you suggested below. The result...no errors!!! Ok so now I'm confused. exim is normally started at boot time by /etc/init.d/exim. There is no reference to boot in that script. That script is part of the exim package. Here's what I did: - as root, I ran '/etc/init.d/exim stop' - as root, I ran 'exim -bd -d"+all" >/tmp/ex.file 2>&1' - as a normal user, I ran 'fetchmail' In the past, this would result in an AVC error; but not this time. BTW, there was one new message in my mail file as a result of this. Frank On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:33 AM, John Horne<john.horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 13:05 -0700, Frank Chiulli wrote: >> Nigel, >> No reference to boot in the exim.conf. That was one of the first >> things that I checked. >> > Could there be a redirection (e.g. via /etc/aliases) or a .forward file > referring to /boot somewhere on your system? It would require having an > account within /boot which in itself would be a bit odd. > > Alternatively, try running exim with debugging cranked up in a terminal > session, e.g: > > exim -bd -d"+all" >/tmp/ex.file 2>&1 > > Then try accessing mail from your isp using a separate session. Once > done (or it has failed), control-c the above session and look in the > 'ex.file' to see where /boot is being used. > > > > John. > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 > E-mail: John.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines