Re: fetchmail: POP3< -ERR unable to scan $HOME/Maildir
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On 05/17/07 02:46, William Xu wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've got this problem and is unable to fetch mails now. The more
> detailed log is:
>
> ,----
> | fetchmail: POP3> USER william
> | fetchmail: POP3< +OK
> | fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
> | fetchmail: POP3< -ERR unable to scan $HOME/Maildir
> | fetchmail: unable to scan $HOME/Maildir
> | fetchmail: Authorization failure on william@localhost
> | fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> `----
>
> I believe this happens after i accidently did something similar to `rm
> -rf *' in $HOME(it's `rsync --delete'). I just fix Maildir by
> `maildirmake ~/Maildir', but the problem still exists.
Why is POP looking in $HOME/Maildir? ~/Maildir is where emails are
deposited after being fetched from the POP server.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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