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Re: postfix problem



On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 05:02:05PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 05:26:04PM +0100, Rudy Gevaert wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 02:07:40PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > To me, your description sounds as if the problem is with the editor
> > > (perhaps nvi), not postfix ...
> > 
> > Ah you are right.  I thought it was postfix because I got messages.
> > Do you know where I should look for those vi recover files?
> 
> As I remember, the mail tells you where to find them. It's somewhere
> like /var/tmp/vi.recover.

IIRC, root can recover any pending revoery files.  Just type "vi -r"
to get a list.  "vi -r <thefile>", ":wq" it somewhere (like /tmp) and
you're done.

For some people this scenario may be easier than chasing down the
actual file.

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Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:nnorman@incanus.net
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