>I am using FC4 w/ postfix, procmail, fetchmail, mutt, spamprobe. I have >found that sporadically, email fom r others is bounced back to them from >MAILER-DAEMON. I am giving the relevant error message below: > >---------------------------------------------- > >This is the Postfix program at host carbon.pavri.net. > >I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not >be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. > >For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster> > >If you do so, please include this problem report. You can >delete your own text from the attached returned message. > > The Postfix program > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (expanded from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): can't >create > user output file. Command output: procmail: Couldn't create > "/var/mail/sharukh" procmail: [3887] Tue Jul 19 21:16:07 2005 >procmail: > Assigning "LOGFILE=/home/sharukh/.log/procmail.log" procmail: Opening > "/home/sharukh/.log/procmail.log" > >--AFDEA5F3F6.1121787968/carbon.pavri.net >Content-Description: Delivery report >Content-Type: message/delivery-status > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >As I said this happens sporadically for only a few emails. What could the >problem be ? /var/mail/sharukh did not exist. I had to touch it. > >I am missing several important emails this way. I hope I'm not boncing any >list mails :( > >regards, > >Sharukh. >-- >Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. Homoeopath, Linuxer. > Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another. -- H.L.
The procmail log file should exist with permission 777. Keep a single procmail.log like /var/log/procmail.log by defining the location in /etc/procmailrc. George K Cyriac ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
