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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I'm not able to view my inbox mails, I'm using Thunderbird.
I have checked the /var/mail/ directory files. There I saw the lock file. .
I have removed the lock file and restarted the Thunderbird, again the lock file is created.
I have changed the file group as mail from users. after that... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ungalnanban
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all...
We have a box that receives a lot of incoming emails. I have a .procmailrc file that in turn invokes a python script, which process each of these incoming email. All is nice and good.
However, before the .procmailrc and python script were in place, we still were receiving emails and... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: khader69
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello,
I have a bunch of cron jobs in the crontab. For some reason mail from the cron jobs started going to /var/spool/mqueue instead of being sent.
Does anyone know why mail from cron jobs would go to the queue instead of being sent? (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: xadamz23
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
How can i get my mail on either /var/spool/mail or /var/mail?
I use mail and sendmail command to send mail. But everytime I send mail it comes to my outlook inbox and when I check with mail command I get the message "No mail for siba". (Note siba is my user Id.) (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: siba.s.nayak
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
We have all the user account in a home direcory where their mail is stored and retrieved by email clients. We do however have /var/spool/mail with all the user accounts in it as well Our sendmail.cf is configured to use /var/spool/mqueue as the queue so .what is /var/spool/mail being used... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mojoman
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have written a script for sending automated email, reporting the running status of a cron scheduled work. Now, the issue is, my Project Manager wants, the mail should be received with HIGH IMPORTANCE.
How can I do that, kindly anybody explain.
Thank you so much. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mitte_dino
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How can I read mail sent to /var/spool/mail?
I do not have pine installed so forget about that...is there some generic utility I can use? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mojoman
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8. Solaris
Dear All,
Now I use solaris 10 and I try to forward mail from /var/mail/username to their external mail so what should I do?
thank u in advance (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: unitipon
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
The mail file in the directory var/spool/mail is very large. Can I zero this (>) without losing any unopened mails there may be? There are about 10 mail accounts. Using RedHat Linux.
Thanks in advance. (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: dennisheazle
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello guys,
I'm in desperate need. I need to write a script that behaves like a "mail" shell program.
I've a base of the program -menu and so on, but what I cannot do is how to read messages from /var/mail/user. I would like to separate them as "mail" program does, but I;m just a newbie and... (21 Replies)
Discussion started by: petoSVK
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