On Sunday 29 March 1998, at 9 h 33, the keyboard of "J. Bell"
<jfbell(_at_)gte(_dot_)net> wrote:
The error I get is 'unable to lock and fopen
/var/spool/mail/jeff'
This is typically a permission problem.
Do I need to change the permissions of this file. It now
reads:
-rw-rw---- jeff mail 4932 Mar29 09:12 jeff
By default, nmh's inc tries to use the "lock file" strategy. It attempts
to create a ".yourloginname" in /var/spool/mail. It needs write-access to
the directory (not to the above file) or to be setgid mail (does anyone
know a security problem here).
Anyway, the locking strategy has to be compatible with the other programs
(for procmail, "procmail -v" tells you what strategy procmail uses). You
can change nmh strategy in (from memory) config.h.
One other question, I am trying to learn about using all the
different programs (fetchmail, procmail, sendmail, nmh
(exmh)). I don't quite understand something. Is procmail and
nmh the same type of programs?
Not really. procmail is purely a MDA (a delivery agent), like rcvstore
(in nmh) while most nmh programs (show, scan, pick) implement the MUA
(the user interface agent).
I have setup procmail (via sendmail) as my local mail
delivery agent.
Good idea.