From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sean@tcob1.net Subject: Re: Maildrop doesn't filter or log filters Date: 02 May 2003 22:35:41 +0100 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <00da01c31037$5ffe1a80$0300000a@iih.usyd.edu.au> Reply-To: sean@tcob1.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org "James Turnbull" writes: > sean@tcob1.net wrote: > > On 26.04.2003 09:19:10, Chris Rose wrote: > > > >> Here's how i have things: I'm using postfix as a local MTA, and it's > >> calling maildrop with > >> mailbox_command = /usr/bin/maildrop > >> > >> I have only one user that receives mail on my system, and that user > >> account has/d a ~/.mailfilter file. The problem is, whenever that > >> file exists, no mail whatsoever makes it into my Maildir. I've > >> tested this - i send a message to myself, and i receive nothing as > >> long as there's a mailfilter file existing. As soon as i rename it, > >> i'm fine. > >> > > > > What are the permissions on the .mailfilter file, they must be 0600. > > I had problems like this and this caused problems similar > > Look in your mail logs / syslogs. Postfix / Maildrop is usualy pretty good > about telling you what the problem is. > I cannot comment about Postfix as I never used it but Maildrop will not write to a log file if there is a permissions problem. Sean - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs