Re: mutt configuration: problem with getting mail
* Arvind Marathe <arvind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [09-11-07 15:43]:
> Some more info:
> I found out that all my mails were sitting in the file /var/mail/arvind,
> realised that exim had by default set
> "Delivery method for local mail:"
> to
> "mbox format in /var/mail/".
> I changed it to
> "Maildir format in home directory".
>
> Not sure if that was the cause of the problem but still i am left with the old
> 417 messages, updating getmail again claims to deliver nearly 600 messages,
> but
> they are not anywhere in ~/mail/inbox.
>
> Arvind
>
> ps: My localhost is behind a firewall. The firewall is
> 'manju.mbu.iisc.ernet.in', the localhost is 'orion.mbu.iisc.ernet.in'. I am
> attaching the file /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf below. Please point out
> if
> there is anything wrong with exim configuration.
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> # /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
> #
> # Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
> # yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
> #
> # Please note that this is _not_ a dpkg-conffile and that automatic changes
> # to this file might happen. The code handling this will honor your local
> # changes, so this is usually fine, but will break local schemes that mess
> # around with multiple versions of the file.
> #
> # update-exim4.conf uses this file to determine variable values to replace
> # the DEBCONFsomethingDEBCONF strings in the configuration template files.
> #
> # Most settings found in here do have corresponding questions in the
> # Debconf configuration, but not all of them.
> #
> # This is a Debian specific file
>
> dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
> dc_other_hostnames='manju.mbu.iisc.ernet.in'
> dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1'
> dc_readhost='orion.mbu.iisc.ernet.in'
> dc_relay_domains=''
> dc_minimaldns='false'
> dc_relay_nets=''
> dc_smarthost='mbu.iisc.ernet.in'
> CFILEMODE='644'
> dc_use_split_config='true'
> dc_hide_mailname='true'
> dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
> dc_localdelivery='maildir_home'
>
>
>
> > Following is my .procmailrc, if that is any help
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > MAILDIR=$HOME/mail/
> > LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmaillog
> > VERBOSE=no
> > :0
> > inbox/
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >
> > And this is my ~/.procmaillog
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > From noreply.5782825439357805379=arvind=mbu.iisc.ernet.in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Tue Jun
> > 19 15:01:19 2007
> > Subject: orkut - Invitation to join from aditi kanhere
> > Folder: inbox/new/1182245479.16098_0.orion 3088
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >
> > The message mentioned in the .procmaillog is the 417th mail message. Does
> > all
> > this give any hint to the experienced guys? I'm clueless )-:
> >
> > Arvind
> >
> >
> >> On 9/11/07, Kumar Appaiah <akumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I think getmail marks messages as read once you receive them. In fact,
> >>> it may so have happened that of your 582 messages, only 417 were new
> >>> (unread), but getmail's claim to have delivered everything beats me.
> >>
> >> The OP's getmailrc calls procmail. Does .procmailrc contain the
> >> standard recipe for deleting duplicates?
> >>
> >> Checking that (and your procmail log, if you're using one) will be helpful.
> >>
> >> Breen
> >>
> >> --
> >> Breen Mullins
> >> Menlo Park, Calif.
> >>
> >> --
> >> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> >> believed to be clean.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.
Well, procmail is *not* the problem as you are only telling procmail
to delever *everything* to /home/<user>/Mail.
not familiar with getmail, does it offer any logs and verbosity level.
That would be the first place I would look. And lacking logs, the
next thing would be to try to run it from the command line and capture
and/or monitor the screen output to look for clues.
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