Re: Email (was Setting up Exim was Setting up Sendmail)

[Carel Fellinger <carel.fellinger@chello.nl>]

On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 07:41:39PM -0700, Michael Olds wrote:
> Carel,
> 
> ls -1 /var/mail/userme ~userme/mail

this ^^ should be -l (lowercase L), not the number one (1), they might
be quit similar on your display, but there quit different to ls:)


> gives me a list of what is in /home/userme/Mail nothing like a number
> indicating how many mails, etc.

Again, this looks like you're using maildir format.  Could you confirm
that /var/mail/userme is a directory?  Or simply show the output of
the following:

  $ ls -ld /var/mail/userme

(mind you, here agian it's lowercase L, not then number 1)
 

> I was mistaken about the permissions for /var/mail/userme they were user
> userme group mail.

Bummers, lost me money here:)
I must go to bed now, so let me tell what I'm after:


option 1:
    If /var/mail/userme is a file which size changes after
    you've sent yourself mail, and owner,group stays userme,mail
    then exim is configured okay.

    to check it, look inside /var/mail/userme, towards to end you
    should find the mail you just sent yourself.

option 2:
    if /var/mail/userme is a directory and a new file is added to it
    after you've sent yourself mail and again owner,group of all files
    in /var/mail/userme aswel as that directory it self stays userme,mail
    then exim is configured okay.

    to check it, look inside that newly added file and check it's the mail
    you sent yourself.

    Tell you're mail client to use maildir format.

good luck, see you tomorrow.

-- 
groetjes, carel