Re: merged messages mystery
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 11:44:20AM +0200, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 05:08:19AM -0400, Andres Salomon wrote:
> > I was getting these _all the time_, a few weeks ago. I've since switched
> > to using Maildir, and I haven't had a problem since.
>
> Are you using uw-imap or uw-ipopd as well?
Neither. I have mail delivered directly to my box through copious
amounts of aliases ;)
>
> I suspect a problem with /var/spool/mail 's permissions. In
> /usr/share/doc/uw-imapd-ssl/bugs.txt.gz one can read:
>
> . /tmp, /usr/tmp or /var/tmp (if present), and the mail spool directory
> must be protected 1777 (world write with sticky bit); otherwise
> mailbox locking and updates won't work.
>
> But on Debian systems /var/spool/mail 's mode is drwxrwsr-x
>
Sounds reasonable.
> > I'm using exim and procmail; in my .procmailrc, I appended the following:
> > :O:
> > *
> > /var/spool/mail/dilinger/
>
> You don't need the * in your recipie
>
> I tried it and procmail doesn't have the rights to create a directory in
> /var/spool/mail so indeed I would have to create a directory for each
> user in that case, which is a bummer. OTOH if the permissions on
> /var/spoo/mail were 1777 it would work automatically.
If you can spare the potentially lost emails, I'd suggest testing out
your theory, and seeing if the corruption goes away. This is a fairly
big annoyance, and I'm sure other people are experiencing it as well..
--
"... being a Linux user is sort of like living in a house inhabited
by a large family of carpenters and architects. Every morning when
you wake up, the house is a little different. Maybe there is a new
turret, or some walls have moved. Or perhaps someone has temporarily
removed the floor under your bed." - Unix for Dummies, 2nd Edition
-- found in the .sig of Rob Riggs, rriggs@tesser.com
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