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But she can receive mail on +</I>><i> >> the notebook, where that file doesn't exist, so I assume she is +</I>><i> >> using straight POP or IMAP. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > If indeed Anne is using POP or IMAP to collect "local" mail then I +</I>><i> > don't think she needs to configure a Unix Movemail account in +</I>><i> > thunderbird. I believe it is that account that is looking at +</I>><i> > /var/spool/mail/anne. Perhaps she has such an account on Mageia 2 +</I>><i> > but not in cauldron, which would explain why she does not see the +</I>><i> > error messages on cauldron. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> To be honest I don't recall ever hearing of movemail before this, so I +</I>><i> don't know where it comes from. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Anne +</I> +Me either. "Local" mail, the mail that collects in /var/spool/mail, is +often generated by the system. I have 3 user accounts (one for a user +that no longer exists.) Postfix was installed because something +else needs it, and has a mailbox as well. At the moment postfix has 500 +KB in it, which will all be system messages that I don't worry about. +The others are all empty. My doug account was cleaned out when I read +mail with Claws. + +If you have a mail server on your computer, that collects mail from the +Web and distributes it to users on your network, it will be placed +initially in /var/spool/mail/xxxx. I use getmail to put it there then +run it through dspam, to filter out the spam. Before then, I just +downloaded my mail by POP straight into ~/.kde4/kmail/mail. You will +be doing much the same. IMAP seems to use dovecot or similar, but I +know nothing about it. My ISP supports IMAP, but I don't need it. It +seems to have value only for people who get their mail at different +locations. + +I suppose that if you are like me, you have run through your Thunderbird +config a dozen times. I am inclined to copy the working config +you have on the notebook, but others tell me it is bad practice. You +need to tell Thunderbird to collect mail from your ISP, but your +problem seems to have something to do with permissions. It should be +able to read your "anne" mailbox in the spool and truncate it, because +it should be owned by user anne and group mail, but for a simple POP +account, it should be looking at one of the files in + /home/anne/.thunderbird/4upsp8fe.default/Mail/Local Folders/ You + could try running "locate -i Inbox" to find out where your Inbox is. + +The other thought is that the 4upsp8fe.default is a user directory as +with Mozilla. Is there another one alongside it? Thunderbird may be +looking at the wrong one? + +You can redirect system mail, like my 500K in Postfix, to go to your +user account. I simply trust the system. + +Since I haven't used Thunderbird for a long time, I can't offer any +specific help. + +Doug. +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008028.html">[Mageia-discuss] Problems with Local Mail +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008036.html">[Mageia-discuss] Problems with Local Mail - SOLVED +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8033">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8033">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8033">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8033">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |