Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox
Hi, Just wanted to let everybody know that this was fixed by moving the mailboxes to /var/mail and making /var/spool/mail a symlink that points to it. I wonder why the upgrade script didn't do it automatically. Apparently Mail and Ipop3d have been upgraded to use /var/mail already but Exim and Pine (obviously, since I've built it myself) still use /var/spool/mail. - Jarno On Sunday 17. Februaryta 2002 00:55, Jarno Elonen wrote: > I have a small problem with ipop3d. > > After a recent system update, ipop3d stopped moving users' mail from > /var/spool/mail to mbox. Now both 'mail' command and pop3 clients show > empty mailbox even if exim has in fact pumped /var/spool/mail full of new > messages. > > I previously had ipop3d with stunnel for SSL, but while trying to fix this > problem I updated it to package 'ipop3d-ssl'. > > When the mails where working, /var/log/mail.info looked like this: > > -- clip -- > Feb 14 09:07:30 ipop3d[16394]: Moved 4188 bytes of new mail to > /home//mbox from /var/spool/mail/ host= [127.0.0.1] > > Feb 14 09:07:30 ipop3d[16394]: Login user= host= > [127.0.0.1] nmsgs=2/2 > -- clip -- > > Now the 'Moved xxx bytes' message is gone: > > -- clip -- > Feb 16 23:18:15 ipop3d[30143]: pop3s SSL service init from > <123.456.789.012> > > Feb 16 23:18:17 ipop3d[30143]: Auth user= > host= [<123.456.789.012>] nmsgs=0/0 > -- clip -- > > Anyone know a way to fix this? > > - Jarno -- What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature? -- Nero Wolfe, "The League of Frightened Men"
Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox
Hi, Just wanted to let everybody know that this was fixed by moving the mailboxes to /var/mail and making /var/spool/mail a symlink that points to it. I wonder why the upgrade script didn't do it automatically. Apparently Mail and Ipop3d have been upgraded to use /var/mail already but Exim and Pine (obviously, since I've built it myself) still use /var/spool/mail. - Jarno On Sunday 17. Februaryta 2002 00:55, Jarno Elonen wrote: > I have a small problem with ipop3d. > > After a recent system update, ipop3d stopped moving users' mail from > /var/spool/mail to mbox. Now both 'mail' command and pop3 clients show > empty mailbox even if exim has in fact pumped /var/spool/mail full of new > messages. > > I previously had ipop3d with stunnel for SSL, but while trying to fix this > problem I updated it to package 'ipop3d-ssl'. > > When the mails where working, /var/log/mail.info looked like this: > > -- clip -- > Feb 14 09:07:30 ipop3d[16394]: Moved 4188 bytes of new mail to > /home//mbox from /var/spool/mail/ host= [127.0.0.1] > > Feb 14 09:07:30 ipop3d[16394]: Login user= host= > [127.0.0.1] nmsgs=2/2 > -- clip -- > > Now the 'Moved xxx bytes' message is gone: > > -- clip -- > Feb 16 23:18:15 ipop3d[30143]: pop3s SSL service init from > <123.456.789.012> > > Feb 16 23:18:17 ipop3d[30143]: Auth user= > host= [<123.456.789.012>] nmsgs=0/0 > -- clip -- > > Anyone know a way to fix this? > > - Jarno -- What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature? -- Nero Wolfe, "The League of Frightened Men" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox
> No concrete solution to the problem, but did you notice that the default
> location for the mailboxes has changed from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail?
Huh? At least exim's fresh configuration file still says:
file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
> Try stracing the ipop3d process and look what exactly it's doing...
Unfortunately ipop3d is an inetd service. Inetd, once you run it, just forks
and exits leaving you no chance to strace the actual services. :(
- Jarno
--
No group of professionals meets except to conspire against the public at
large.
-- Mark Twain
Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox
> No concrete solution to the problem, but did you notice that the default
> location for the mailboxes has changed from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail?
Huh? At least exim's fresh configuration file still says:
file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
> Try stracing the ipop3d process and look what exactly it's doing...
Unfortunately ipop3d is an inetd service. Inetd, once you run it, just forks
and exits leaving you no chance to strace the actual services. :(
- Jarno
--
No group of professionals meets except to conspire against the public at
large.
-- Mark Twain
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox
That's something to check, and ... does some one know why exactly did that happen ( the transition from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail), and why the upgrade scripts didn't handle that ... I had some very funny problems... One ovf them being the lack of email for [EMAIL PROTECTED] account :) On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Alexander List wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jarno Elonen wrote: > > > After a recent system update, ipop3d stopped moving users' mail from > > /var/spool/mail to mbox. Now both 'mail' command and pop3 clients show empty > > mailbox even if exim has in fact pumped /var/spool/mail full of new > > messages. > > Huomenta! > > No concrete solution to the problem, but did you notice that the default > location for the mailboxes has changed from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail? > > Try stracing the ipop3d process and look what exactly it's doing... > > Alex > > -- > "Forgive me, but I'm talking to a politician." > John Simpson, BBC World > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jarno Elonen wrote: > After a recent system update, ipop3d stopped moving users' mail from > /var/spool/mail to mbox. Now both 'mail' command and pop3 clients show empty > mailbox even if exim has in fact pumped /var/spool/mail full of new messages. Huomenta! No concrete solution to the problem, but did you notice that the default location for the mailboxes has changed from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail? Try stracing the ipop3d process and look what exactly it's doing... Alex -- "Forgive me, but I'm talking to a politician." John Simpson, BBC World
Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox
That's something to check, and ... does some one know why exactly did that happen ( the transition from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail), and why the upgrade scripts didn't handle that ... I had some very funny problems... One ovf them being the lack of email for abuse@domain account :) On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Alexander List wrote: > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jarno Elonen wrote: > > > After a recent system update, ipop3d stopped moving users' mail from > > /var/spool/mail to mbox. Now both 'mail' command and pop3 clients show empty > > mailbox even if exim has in fact pumped /var/spool/mail full of new messages. > > Huomenta! > > No concrete solution to the problem, but did you notice that the default > location for the mailboxes has changed from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail? > > Try stracing the ipop3d process and look what exactly it's doing... > > Alex > > -- > "Forgive me, but I'm talking to a politician." > John Simpson, BBC World > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jarno Elonen wrote: > After a recent system update, ipop3d stopped moving users' mail from > /var/spool/mail to mbox. Now both 'mail' command and pop3 clients show empty > mailbox even if exim has in fact pumped /var/spool/mail full of new messages. Huomenta! No concrete solution to the problem, but did you notice that the default location for the mailboxes has changed from /var/spool/mail to /var/mail? Try stracing the ipop3d process and look what exactly it's doing... Alex -- "Forgive me, but I'm talking to a politician." John Simpson, BBC World -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
