* On 02/06/06 15:44 -0700, Mark Nienberg wrote: | I'm using procmail as the local delivery agent for Maildir style | mailboxes. I discovered that I was able to send mail to other users but | was unable to send mail to myself. Examples from verbose procmail log: | | **** Successful message to another user **** | procmail: [24589] Fri Jun 2 15:03:34 2006 | procmail: Assigning | "PATH=/home/david/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" | procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC" | procmail: Opening "/home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC" | procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock | procmail: Notified comsat: "david@0:/home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC" | From mark.nienberg@tippingmar.com Fri Jun 2 15:03:34 2006 | Subject: test to other user | Folder: /home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC | | | **** Failed message to myself **** | procmail: [24596] Fri Jun 2 15:05:13 2006 | procmail: Assigning | "PATH=/home/mark/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" | | procmail: Couldn't create or rename temp file "/home/mark/Maildir/new/msg.A" | | procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/var/mail/mark" | procmail: Opening "/var/mail/mark" | procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock | procmail: Notified comsat: "mark@686:/var/mail/mark" | From mark.nienberg@tippingmar.com Fri Jun 2 15:05:13 2006 | Subject: test to self | Folder: /var/mail/mark | | | Anyway, I changed dovecot's lock_method from the default fcntl to flock | and the problem disappeared. I'll add this to the wiki unless someone | points out an error in my method. This is not a problem with dovecot. It's a procmail issue. Do you realize that this could be a problem in your .procmailrc? The mail is being delivered to /var/mail/mark as opposed to /home/mark/Maildir/new/ ... just check your .procmailrc env settings, I think. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ Warp 7 -- It's a law we can live with.