RE: [Exim] problems with mail frozen

On 23-Oct-99 Pollywog wrote:
>
> On 23-Oct-99 Pollywog wrote:
>> As soon as I put an Exim forward file in my home directory, I started
>> getting
>> errors in my Exim log about my mail directory (/var/spool/mail/pollywog)
>> having wrong mode (chmod 0600). This is not a problem for other users,
>> only
>> for user "pollywog". I removed the .forward file and now all my mail gets
>> frozen. What should I do?
>
> I deleted /var/spool/mail/pollywog and that seems to have fixed it, since a
> new directory has appeared and it has the proper ownership and mode.
>
> Now I have to remember how to thaw messages.
>

I fixed the problem and forced delivery of the messages, one by one.
I don't know how it is that /var/spool/mail/pollywog gets its mode set to 0600
and how the ownership changes to pollywog.pollywog instead of pollywog.mail.

thanks

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Andrew