RE: [cobalt-developers] Neomail 1.25-3.pkg

[Taco Scargo - Sun Holland - Leiden <Taco.Scargo@xxxxxxx>]

Guys,

If you start changing the neomail configurations 'in the field' I cannot 
guarantee that future updates will work.

I find it very strange that I cannot replicate the same problem.
So if anyone that experiences this problem could provide access to their RaQ and 
could fax/email me the IP and password, I can maybe fix the software.

> X-Sender: dream-escape@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 03:22:32 +0200
> To: cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: Dream Escape <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-developers] Neomail 1.25-3.pkg
> Cc: "Taco" <Taco.Scargo@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi Tarren and Jim,
> 
> I got the same problem on my RaQ3i.
> The /~mail dir created by NeoMail is set to GID "users".
> I changed it to "mail" which works fine.
> 
> You just need to add two lines into the
> /home/neomail/cgi-bin/neomail file.
> 
> Search the following line (#338):
> chown ($uid, $gid, $folderdir);
> Comment this line and add the following two lines below:
> chown ($uid, 12, $folderdir);   # change GID to mail (RaQ3i)
> chmod 0700,$folderdir;          # chmod drwx------
> 
> Cheers
> Phil Bast
> 
> 
> At 07:33 16/09/01 +1000, Jim Carey wrote:
> > > I'm still having a problem with the new Neomail 1.25-3 package (on a
> > > RaQ4r) :
> > >
> > > If you login for the first time as a user who has never run "pine", they
> > > have no "~/mail" directory. Neomail (presumably) then creates one, but
> > > with the following permissions:
> > > drwx--S---   2 user1    users        1.0k Sep 14 20:18 mail
> > > This gives rise to the dreaded "Couldn't close sent-mail!" error, when
> > > trying to send email through it.
> > >
> > > If you login as a user who has already run "pine" before, a "~/mail"
> > > directory already exists with the following permissions:
> > > drwx------   2 user1    site1        1.0k Sep 14 20:20 mail
> > > This allows "Neomail" to run correctly.
> > >
> > > Help! - Please?
> > >
> > > Tarren.
> >
> >Hi - did anyone find a resolution for this - I am getting this on some
> >accounts and would love to roll the pkg out - thanks for that Taco :-)  but
> >cant till this problem is fixed
> >
> >cheers
> >
> >Jim Carey
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With regards,

Taco Scargo

Professional Services Manager, EMEA

Sun Microsystems		Tel. +31 (71) 565 7021
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