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Date:  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:11:40 +0200
From:  Arthur Sherman <arturs (at mark) netvision.net.il>
Subject:  [coba-e:11504] Re: Big Massive Update
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <01dc01c84102$2ed5c240$e5b418ac@dell>
In-Reply-To:  <200712172258.36693.bq (at mark) solarspeed.net>
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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
> 
> 
>