Postfix / Dovecot

[M. Lewis]

M. Lewis wrote:
> Stuart Sears wrote:
> 
>> M. Lewis enlightened us with the following gems on 09/04/2005 09:36 PM:
>>
>>> (Related to '[FC4] Thunderbird Inbox gone')
>>>
>>> Would someone who is running Postfix and Dovecot please tell me the
>>> perms on the files in /var/spool/mail/.
>>>
>>> I question whether my perms are correct based on an old backup.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>> drwxrwxr-x  2 root mail 4096 May 20 08:31 /var/spool/mail
>> /var/spool/mail/<user>:
>> -rw-rw----  1 <user>    mail      0 Apr 29 16:38 <user>
>>
>> Stuart
> 
> 
> Thanks Stuart.
> 
> That's what my old backups show. My current perms are:
> 
>  > -rw-------  1 <user>    mail      0 Apr 29 16:38 <user>
> 
> How they got changed is certainly a mystery. Not sure that will solve 
> the problem, but will give it a try. Thanks.
> 
> M
> 
> 
I changed the perms to match yours. Still no 'new' mail being received. 
Although I can see it coming into the /var/spool/mail/<user>

M