RE: [bug-mailutils] maidag does not create mail file

[Andrew Barnes]

Hi,

I'm doing this as root :)

If I delete the file /var/mail/andy then try running

/usr/sbin/maidag andy <<EOF
and then type
From: root
Subject: x

test
EOF

then no file is created and I get the error:
Cannot open mailbox /var/mail/andy: Malformed or unsupported mailer URL

If I run
touch /var/mail/andy
chown andy /var/mail/andy
then run the maidag command as above then it works

What am I doing wrong?

Andy

> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 18:47:52 +0300
> From: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> CC: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [bug-mailutils] maidag does not create mail file
>
> Andrew Barnes <address@hidden> ha escrit:
>
> > If you use maidag to deliver mail to a user who does not already have a
> > mailbox file then it does not seem to create it.
>
> It does create it, provided that it has enough privileges to do so.
> Otherwise, it outputs appropriate diagnostics to the syslog. See channel
> mail.err.
>
> Regards,
> Sergey

---

Get the New Internet Explore 8 Optimised for MSN. Download Now