Thanks, Michael!
Best,
--
Arthur Sherman
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Stauber [mailto:bq (at mark) solarspeed.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:59 PM
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:11503] Re: Big Massive Update
>
> Hi Jeff Mutschler | M Media,
>
> > Anyone have any pop issues with the latest yum update? None of the
> > addressed email is showing up in users queue; any thoughts?
>
> Yeah, that update has been giving me and my clients tons of
> grief all day.
>
> See http://www.solarspeed.net/kb/1053.php as for why it
> happened and how you can fix it.
>
> This is why the problem happened:
>
> In the past the Procmail service installed on CentOS stored
> received emails by default in ~username/mbox - unless a
> different directory was specified in /etc/procmailrc. So even
> if /etc/procmailrc was missing, emails would be stored in
> ~username/mbox.
>
> The system updates contained a newer Procmail, which by
> default stores emails in /var/spool/mail/$username, unless a
> different directory is specified in /etc/procmailrc.
>
> So on servers which have a missing /etc/procmailrc (remember:
> this file wasn't necessary before) emails will end up in the
> wrong place.
>
> Again, see the URL above for a fix. It has a script that you
> can run to recreate the missing /etc/procmailrc and it'll
> also move all emails to where they belong.
>
> --
> With best regards,
>
> Michael Stauber
>
>
>