Autor: Steven Wayne Datum: To: exim-users Betreff: Re: [exim] I'm flummoxed - why would mail get stuck in /var/lib/mail?
On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 11:19:57AM +1200, Cliff Pratt wrote: >
> On 5/30/05, Tony Finch <dot@???> wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 May 2005, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm unclear about the flow of information here, and how the mail
> > > *used* to happily get from /var/lib/mail/<user> into ~<user>/Maildir.
> > > Any hints, references, etc would be good.
> >
> > Which program is responsible for /var/lib/mail?
> >
> > Tony.
> >
> Thanks Tony. That's got me thinking. I think it is fetchmail, but I'm
> not sure. I'm off to look at the fetchmail web pages.
>
> What I don't understand is - what changed? It used to work and now it
> doesn't! I'd not swear that I didn't change something. It's my home
> system, so I'm always tinkering! But I don't remember changing
> anything in this area. I've looked in the usual areas for hints,
> logfiles and so on and I'm currently mystified!
>
I haven't used fetchmail for a while ( give getmail a try ) but
doesn't it inject mail to localhost:25? In which case is the
dc_local_interfaces line in "/etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf"
either '' or have 127.0.0.1 in it?
