Re: [cobalt-users] RE: [RaQ2] want to use the email address mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, RayStream - Media wrote:

> giving an alias of 'mail' didn't help.
> the email is in the file /var/spool/mail/mail but pine says cant create
> folder to store mail in.
> and i don't have the password for the user mail to get the mails via pop3.
>
> what can i do???

	A quick and easy way to get at the email would be to copy the
email to an account which you can access:

formail -f -s sendmail Working@xxxxxxxxxxxxx < /path/to/users-mailbox

	The above will not delete the messages in the mailbox but rather
forward a copy of the all the messages to Working@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

	Your problem with Pine not being able to create the the folder is
more than likely one of permissions. There's a great FAQ on Washington U's
Pine  distribution page. The URL escapes me and I don't have time to find
it for you but a search for 'pine home' on Google will surely do it and
the FAQ is well worth reading.

	Best Regards,

	Brent