Re: [newbie] 'local' mail

2004-01-10 Thread Paul
I assume you have postfix/qmail or similar set up properly. You need that to get this mailthing done. In the config for postfix (which I use), /etc/postfix/main.cf, you need to have your local machine name as a valid domain (docs inside the file are very good). Do you send mail to user? If that

[newbie] 'local' mail

2004-01-09 Thread jimdawson
I am trying to set up 'local' mail on my Mandrake 9.2 box (i.e. mail between user accounts on the system and for notification of cron jobs running, etc. rather than Internet mail) but I can't seem to get it to work. the 'mail username...' command works but when I run 'mail' to read the mail I

[newbie] local mail delivery agent problem

2000-11-14 Thread J. Pedro Sousa do Amaral
Hi, I recently upgraded to Mandrake 7.2. After the upgrade I started to have problems with my local mail agent. When I issue mail local_address or mail remote_address, I get a message like the one below. Can't create transcript file ./xfeAEI8LC01988: Permission denied queueup: cannot create