Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 02:01, HaywireMac wrote: On 16 Aug 2003 15:23:12 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: What about trying to run elm or pine? Already resolved, it was a corrupt spool file... This would not happen if you were using Qmail configured for Maildir. This is a classic problem with the mbox format. Try Qmail; it's a slight learning curve, but you'll be glad you did. Vincent Danen has the rpm's at rpmhelp.net. LX -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
On 17 Aug 2003 07:34:11 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: This would not happen if you were using Qmail configured for Maildir. This is a classic problem with the mbox format. Try Qmail; it's a slight learning curve, but you'll be glad you did. Vincent Danen has the rpm's at rpmhelp.net. a, geez, I just got Postfix goin'... but I will look into it, if only to learn more, eventually I'm hoping to get certified in Linux and such, so it's all good! Right now I'm concentrating on Apache vhosts (supposed to be easy, but...), then I want to learn some Perl, then... It never ends, which is also a Good Thing, right? **holy shite, I was just looking at the features list, it includes POP functionality *built in*?! Wow. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
Was that sarcasm? HaywireMac wrote: On 17 Aug 2003 07:34:11 -0400 Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: This would not happen if you were using Qmail configured for Maildir. This is a classic problem with the mbox format. Try Qmail; it's a slight learning curve, but you'll be glad you did. Vincent Danen has the rpm's at rpmhelp.net. a, geez, I just got Postfix goin'... but I will look into it, if only to learn more, eventually I'm hoping to get certified in Linux and such, so it's all good! Right now I'm concentrating on Apache vhosts (supposed to be easy, but...), then I want to learn some Perl, then... It never ends, which is also a Good Thing, right? **holy shite, I was just looking at the features list, it includes POP functionality *built in*?! Wow. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:08:36 +0100 Michael Lothian [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Was that sarcasm? which? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 15:08, Michael Lothian wrote: Was that sarcasm? nay, I think he was cereal. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
On 16 Aug 2003 15:23:12 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: What about trying to run elm or pine? Already resolved, it was a corrupt spool file... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 19:27, Joe Hill wrote: Hey y'all! I was hit by the big blackout like so many of you I am sure, in the middle of composing a mail message. The power just came back on and when I booted up and logged in, gkrellm shows I have 300 messages in my spool, but when I hit get all, nothing happens. I have shut down fetchmail for now and am popping my ISP directly, but I wonder how I can get Sylpheed to retrieve those accumulated mails from my spool? Is there some way I can import them manually into my Sylpheed folder? Any help *very* greatly appreciated! just guessing add a pop server to sylpheed of 'localhost'? __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 07:27:24PM -0400, Joe Hill wrote: Hey y'all! I was hit by the big blackout like so many of you I am sure, in the middle of composing a mail message. The power just came back on and when I booted up and logged in, gkrellm shows I have 300 messages in my spool, but when I hit get all, nothing happens. I have shut down fetchmail for now and am popping my ISP directly, but I wonder how I can get Sylpheed to retrieve those accumulated mails from my spool? Is there some way I can import them manually into my Sylpheed folder? Any help *very* greatly appreciated! Welcome back, Joe! I had something similar happen to me once where gkrellm told me I had a million mails, but when I opened sylpheed I didn't have any. It turned out to be some mess-up in /var/spool/mail/me--I opened the file and saw that the first line was blank. I deleted the blank line, saved it, and then everything was OK. You'll notice that the spool is just the messages with a blank line separating each one. If it ain't the first line, maybe you can just grep for From (include the space because that would be different than From: of course) and make sure there's a blank line in front of it (except the very first message). HTH, Todd -- Name that tune #17: So you say there's a race of men in the trees; you're for tough legistlation. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:19:34 -0400 Todd Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Welcome back, Joe! Thanks!, but I've been on here as Haywire for the past while, got my own domain name and was using postfix to send and receive that way ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I had something similar happen to me once where gkrellm told me I had a million mails, but when I opened sylpheed I didn't have any. It turned out to be some mess-up in/var/spool/mail/me--I opened the file and saw that the first line was blank. I deleted the blank line, saved it, and then everything was OK. Well, I was hopeful at first, because when I first went into my spool and looked at it the F was missing from the first From, so I edited it and saved, and went back to Sylpheed, configured my account to retrieve from local spool, hit g, but still no go. Damn, I've got 385 mails in there, their accumulating like crazy and I can't pick them up. I tried moving the file to a temp dir, wiping it out and start fresh but permission denied. Could I move it as root, recreate it, and start with a new blank spool, or am I playing with fire there? Maybe it just got corrupted when everything went black! You'll notice that the spool is just the messages with a blank line separating each one. If it ain't the first line, maybe you can just grep for From (include the space because that would be different thanFrom: of course) and make sure there's a blank line in front of it(except the very first message). It looks good from what I can see, all the messages are separated properly as you described... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't retrieve mail from /var/spool/mail
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 09:27, Joe Hill wrote: Hey y'all! I was hit by the big blackout like so many of you I am sure, in the middle of composing a mail message. The power just came back on and when I booted up and logged in, gkrellm shows I have 300 messages in my spool, but when I hit get all, nothing happens. I have shut down fetchmail for now and am popping my ISP directly, but I wonder how I can get Sylpheed to retrieve those accumulated mails from my spool? Is there some way I can import them manually into my Sylpheed folder? Any help *very* greatly appreciated! What about trying to run elm or pine? -- Sat Aug 16 15:20:00 EST 2003 15:20:00 up 12 days, 19:08, 3 users, load average: 1.38, 1.65, 2.05 - |____ | illawarra computer services| | /-oo /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Man is the measure of all things. -- Protagoras Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
