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Re: bogus mailbox

2006-09-15 12:01:30
* Luqman <luqman_ngs(_at_)gmx(_dot_)net> [09-15-06 13:41]:
Luqman wanted us to know:

$ubuntu:> cat /var/log/mail.err
Sep 12 15:11:55 localhost procmail[15694]: Couldn't rename bogus
"/var/mail/user" into "/var/mail/BOGUS.user.C3SD"

$ubuntu:> ll /var/mail
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root mail   23 2006-09-08 11:24 user ->
/home/user/Mail/inbox

Any idea what could be the reason? I, apparently, continue to
receive emails and have them sorte. Just to be on the safe side and
remove the error message. Waht should I do?

I have checked the man page and google but could not find a solution to
my problem. In man page it says:

Renaming bogus "x" into "x" 
      The system mailbox of the recipient was found  to  be  bogus,  procmail 
      performed evasive actions.  

I do not know how the mailbox has become bogus. I copied the mailbox
file from another user account for migration purposes but made sure
everything was the same in the new environment after cp, chmod, ln
etc...

I am sure there are more learned person on this list than me on
procmail. So any idea is well appreciated.

not learned, but will guess based on *my* experience, limited as it is.

Check mail box permissions, whether the executor of procmail has write
access.
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