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  From: Subba Rao <subb3@ibm.net>
  To  : Darryl Ross <rosdr001@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au>
  Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 09:17:48 -0500 (EST)

Re: Can't access localmail

Thanks for replying. I just found out that MAIL variable in my /etc/profile is still
pointing to the ~/Maildir. I deleted that and the client are trying to access the
mail file in /var/spool/mail. However, I am getting this error now.

"Can't open folder '/var/spool/mail' for reading!"

What should the permission and spool file ownerships should be?

My /var/spool/mail has the following permissions.
drwxrwxrwt	root  mail	mail/

The mail files have the following permissions.
-rw-rw----	root  mail	root
-rw-------		subb3	users	subb3

Are these permissions correct? What kind of permissions and ownership are correct?

Thank you once again.

Subba Rao
subb3@ibm.net
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 00:33:54 +1030 (GMT+10:30), Darryl Ross wrote:

>On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Subba Rao wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am trying to access my mailbox on one of my Linux systems. I had installed
>> Qmail on it and later decided to move back to Sendmail. At first, all qmail
>> related material was deleted and later I went as far as reinstalling Linux.
>> The /home is on a different partition so the user data was secure. I use
>> ELM and MUTT. I have removed all references to Qmail from /home/users
>> directories.
>
>Are you sure that you have deleted all the files??? Are there any files
>like .procmail or .fetchrc in the home directories??
>
>Try creating a new user and see if the mail for that user behaves, or if
>it is still messing up.
> 
>> I can't access any mail for the local user. The mailbox seems to get it,
>> but when I use mail, elm or mutt, it system seems to be looking in ~/Maildir,
>> which is a Qmail scheme of the mailbox. Please keep in mind this is a new
>> installation. 
>> 
>
>For all users? Or just particular users? What about a new user? (added
>after you removed QMail?
>
>Cheers
>Dazz
>
>



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