Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ 4i- Mailbox problem

["Sqlcoders.com Programming Dept" <coders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sorry for the top post,
but I think Gerald had intended to explain things a little more in this
email, I'm assuming its about the touch command.
if [in telnet/ssh] you type "touch aFile.ext" (without " 's), it will create
that file if it doesn't exist if understand things right, so the following:
touch /var/spool/mail/domain-name
would recreate a blank mailspool file there, which would then let mail work
again.

hope that's right/helps,
dw


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ 4i- Mailbox problem


> > Someone sent a huge file to the mailbox. The DSL connection has problems
> > tonight, too, so a browser mail program download was painfully slow. I
> > stopped it, enabled telnet momentarily, and then used Pine to delete the
> > large file. After that, the mailbox won't open. Instead, I get these
> > messages:
>
> > 1) From Netscape Mail:
> >
> > the mail server responded:
> > (SYS/PERM) Unable to process From lines (envelopes) in
> > /var/spool/mail/domain-name;
> >
> > 2) PINE tells me:
> >
> > Can't open inbox file:/var/spool/mail/domain-name not in valid mailbox
> > format
> >
> > I looked via FTP at /var/spool/mail/domain-name only to find out that it
> > is not a folder. Sorry to be so dense about this, but I have practically
> > no experience with mail problems other than a "stuffed" box.
> >
> > Have temporarily enabled a forward of this box's mail to another account
> > I have, but would appreciate knowing how to correct this problem for
> > future occasions when a client mailbox won't work anymore. Also, I hope
> > the forward works and I get to read any responses from this list.
> >
> > Thank you very much for any help, info and pointers.
> >
> > Regards, Nell Bolen
> > nell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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