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Date:  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:19:39 -0000
From:  "Rob Stead" <admin (at mark) robstead.co.uk>
Subject:  [coba-e:11534] Re: Big Massive Update
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <2DA1BDDCD51BF24A84A4EDBC9E7CE7071157AE (at mark) dc.bestroad.local>
In-Reply-To:  <200712172258.36693.bq (at mark) solarspeed.net>
References:  <4766D4A5.7020500 (at mark) mmediausa.com> <200712172258.36693.bq (at mark) solarspeed.net>
X-Mail-Count: 11534

Can I thank you Michael for providing an update to fix this problem.

I have your AVSPAM installed I've just upgraded it via the Yum Updater.

Thank you.

Rob

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Rob Stead

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Stauber [mailto:bq (at mark) solarspeed.net] 
Sent: 17 December 2007 21:59
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