it's likely that this is the same as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=227828
which I reported upstream to https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?19189 -- mail-notification doesn't start in Feisty Fawn. https://launchpad.net/bugs/82736 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs