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Calum Mackay writes: > Justin Mason wrote: > > any idea why that had that effect? > > yup, SA, running as the user who was getting mail, was unable to move > the existing journal file out of the way, since it didn't own it. The > sticky bit means that you can only unlink (e.g. move) files that you > own, despite having write perm on the directory. OK, that's a very good point that I'd missed (for one)! any chance you could write up a FAQ entry on the symptoms and the resolution for http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/? I'd be very grateful, because this has cropped up before on the list, it's always had me stumped, and that explanation makes a lot of sense. - --j. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh CVS iD8DBQFBSGVgQTcbUG5Y7woRAkoKAKDIkyp7hmqexoKhU/4y0kk9iX6ObwCZAVZu EcWGKCyquOmcu15cDz1CgpI= =flNr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----