Re: Missing mail folder...

1999-11-23 Thread Jan Ludewig
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 12:28:48PM -0600, Marc Mongeon wrote: > file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part} > I assume that exim is smart enough to create the file if it doesn't > already exist. Maybe something else is preventing mail from > being delivered to the new machine. Check the exim logs for

Re: Missing mail folder...

1999-11-23 Thread Mark Wagnon
Jan Ludewig wrote: > > as do: > touch /var/spool/mail/username Thanks. I tried that, but I did it again. It turned out that my misc mail filtering/forwarding files weren't doing what I wanted. They worked fine on my other box. I'll have to take a closer look at them tonight. Removing the

Re: Missing mail folder...

1999-11-23 Thread Marc Mongeon
Mark: Do you have this section in your exim.conf: local_delivery: driver = appendfile group = mail mode = 0660 mode_fail_narrower = false file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part} I assume that exim is smart enough to create the file if it doesn't already exist. Maybe something else is pre

Re: Missing mail folder...

1999-11-23 Thread Jan Ludewig
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 04:54:20PM +, Mark Wagnon wrote: > receive it. mutt complained that there was no > /var/spool/mail/username. I don't remember doing anything different > this installation. I set up exim like always. What's supposed to go > into /var/spool/mail--files, folders? Or better

Missing mail folder...

1999-11-23 Thread Mark Wagnon
Hi everyone, I was trying to set up another box, and when all was done, I couldn't send/receive mail. Well, I could send it, but I couldn't receive it. mutt complained that there was no /var/spool/mail/username. I don't remember doing anything different this installation. I set up exim like always