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Christopher Kelley wrote:
| You Wrote: | | |> Hi, |> |> System: 5.3-REL-p5 |> |> I would like to get my local mail (from /var/mail/<user>) in my |> Thunderbird (v1.0 - 20050310) mailbox. |> |> I found |> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-December/027652.html |> which is talking about version 0.3... But I get the same message |> as described after having created a movemail mailbox : "unable to |> create <user>.lock file". I've tried to set up a movemail for |> the user and one for Root, but get the same message back. |> |> So, how do I get those local mails transferred into my mailbox ? |> |> Beni. |> | | Hi, | | The popup message on Thunderbird tells you (somewhat cryptically) | what you need to do. I believe it says something along the lines | of: | | --- Unable to create <user>.lock file. For movemail to work, it is | necessary to create lock files in the mail spool directory. On many | systems, this is best accomplished by making the spool directory | be mode 01777. --- | | The spool directory is /var/mail, so what I did was (as root), cd | to /var, then 'chmod 1777 mail'. Please note that this machine is | behind a firewall, and provides no services to the internet, so I'm | not very concerned about any security holes doing this may open | up. | | I'm using Tbird 1.0, and I haven't touched my sendmail | configuration from the "factory defaults". I redirected (via | /etc/mail/aliases) the "root" mail to the normal user that runs X. | | Christopher | Yep, that did it. Thanks a lot !
Beni.
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