Re: [Nolug] Trouble with mail

--- Scott Harney <scotth@scottharney.com> wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ronjohnsonjr@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > +OK POP3 haggis v2003.83 server ready
> > USER me
>
> Try "USER me@haggis"
>
> > It's like suddenly the popd isn't looking in at /var/mail/me
> > anymore.
>
> So where do the logs say it's looking? Can you disable
> pop3 from inetd and run it in debug mode on the console? Or
> turn up the logging to debug mode to see what happens when you
> connect?

# ipop3d -d
+OK POP3 haggis v2003.83 server ready
USER me@haggis
+OK User name accepted, password please
PASS snarfle
-ERR Bad login

 
> It may be looking in $HOME/Mailbox or similar. One "cheat" you
> could do is just symlink back to /var/mail/me .

Ah ha!!!! One of the things I did when IMAP was installed was
to have it create a ~/Maildir. 'rmdir Maildir' and all is back
to normal.

I couldn't find any config or log file that specified which
directory it was looking it. :(
looking.

Thanks.

> > The frustrating/confusing thing is that other users in /var/mail
> > can still get their mail.
> >
> > # dir /var/mail/me
> > -rw-rw---- 1 me mail 625707 Oct 28 11:34 /var/mail/me
> >
> >> Your main weapon in troubleshooting this is finding the logs.
> >
> > Looked in them, and it just confirms what I said earlier:
> > suddenly it stopped seeing /var/mail/me.
> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately, I suddenly have a little bit of trouble
> receiving
> >> > mail.
> >> >
> >> > Here's my setup:
> >> > fetchmail->amavisd-new->SpamAssassin->postfix
> >> > ipop3d->Evolution (this is so that Reply will work)
> >> >
> >> > This has been working for the past month, with Evo perfectly
> >> happy
> >> > fetching from haggis (the name of localhost) instead of
> >> > pop.east.cox.net.
> >> >
> >> > Postfix is appending new messages into /var/mail/me, so I know
>
> >> > that that part works.
> >> >
> >> > It seems like Evo 1.4.4 just doesn't want to get the pop mail
> >> > anymore from the account 'me@haggis', although it seems
> perfectly
> >>
> >> > fine popping mail from 'spam-quarantine@haggis' (which is
> where
> >> SA
> >> > sends all spam.
> >> >
> >> > It all started when I installed courier-imap.
> >> >
> >> > Anyone have any ideas?
> >
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