Re: [exim] I'm flummoxed - why would mail get stuck in /var/…

On 5/30/05, Steven Wayne <steven@???> wrote:
> 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?
>
> What does "mailq" show?
>
> Steven.
>
Hi Steven,

I think I'm on the way to solving it. (I'm currently looking at my
global filter file). I haven't made changes in the area you suggest
that I look at, but thanks for the suggestions.

mailq shows no messages.

Cheers,

Cliff