Glyn: What if I get:
-rw------- 1 ngterry root 494616 Feb 7 00:01 /var/spool/mail/ngterry Sincerely, Terence Ng On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 09:56:42AM +0000, Glyn Millington wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terence Ng) writes: > > > I have just set up my MTA. After I read an email, I would like to delete > > it. After I type in 'd' or '^d', a message shows 'Mailbox is read only'. > > Why? Is it because I capture the mail directly from > > /var/spool/mail/ngterry? Did I miss any thing? > > What do you get if you do > > ls -ld /var/spool/mail/ngterry ? > > Here I get > > -rw-r----- 1 glyn mail 1 Feb 1 16:16 /var/spool/mail/glyn > ^ > This is important! If it's not there then > > as root > > chmod u+w /var/spool/mail/ngterry > > > should help > > > > > Glyn > -- > > ************************************************** > * Here we are then....... * > * http://members.tripod.co.uk/Christchurch2000uk * > ************************************************** > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
