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Re: New User: Locking file issue and other bits [Part 2]

2003-02-05 04:02:38
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 03:02 AM, Roland Hill wrote:
procmail: Locking "/var/spool/mail/roland.lock"
procmail: Error while writing to "/var/spool/mail/_J4.TkNQ-.rrl03"
   (# rrl03 is host name of my Linux PC)                    ^^^^^
procmail: Lock failure on "/var/spool/mail/roland.lock"

You can't create a lock file because you do not have permission too write in /var/spool/mail (nor should you)

The portion where you try t write or create files in /var/spool/mail is failing.

try this recipe instead

:0
* ^Subject:.*Redhat
! roland


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