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[opensuse] Where's my local mail?
  • From: Bob Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:51:11 +0000
  • Message-id: <200701171551.12150.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I'm using Kontact/Kmail to collect mail from two external ISPs, no problem. I
have also setup an account to collect mail from /var/spool/mail/bob but
nothing arrives in my inbox.

OTOH, following activity in a terminal window, I sometimes get the message

'You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/bob'

That directory contains an empty file called bob, and a locked file called
root. Presumably the latter is there because at installation I opted to
direct root's mail to this user? Shouldn't I be able to read it, in that
case?

What's going on (or not)?
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Bob

SuSE Linux 10.2, KDE 3.5.5 http://bhf.demon.co.uk/linux/tricks.html
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