On 11/05/2005 11:10 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: > Michael Marsh on 17/05/05 13:18, wrote: > >> On 5/17/05, Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to set up Thunderbird to pull up the mail from my mailbox >>> on my debian box? >> >> >> >> Thunderbird calls this a "Unix movemail" account. I have one set up >> for cron output. >> > > > I am trying to set up thunderbird to get my mailbox mail, but I get a > message so: > > "Unable to create lock file /var/mail/adam.lock. For movemail to work it > is necessary to create lock files in the mail spool directory. On many > systems, this is best accomplished by making the spool directory mode > 01777." > > Currently, /var/mail has these permissions: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -la /var/mail/ > total 20 > drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 2005-10-30 06:27 . > drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2005-09-08 12:34 .. > -rw-rw---- 1 adam mail 7415 2005-10-30 06:27 adam > -rw------- 1 mail mail 3166 2005-03-10 00:31 mail > > I guess I'll do what Thunderbird advises, but I would like to know what > the implications are, and why Thunderbird thinks its better to configure > the system like this rather than how Debian does. > > Thanks > Adam
I solved the problem by adding myself to the mail group, since it's my desktop computer. This is a known bug: #272956: mozilla-thunderbird: movemail permission problem Forwarded to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239013 Also remember to check the mailbox manually: #280475: mozilla-thunderbird: Movemail only works manually Regards, Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
