Re: tlug: Can't access localmail

[shimpei@example.com]

You(Subba Rao) wrote:
> I am trying to access my mailbox on one of my Linux systems. I had installed
> Qmail on it and later decided to move back to Sendmail. At first, all qmail
> related material was deleted and later I went as far as reinstalling Linux.
> The /home is on a different partition so the user data was secure. I use
> ELM and MUTT. I have removed all references to Qmail from /home/users
> directories.
> 
> I can't access any mail for the local user. The mailbox seems to get it,
> but when I use mail, elm or mutt, it system seems to be looking in ~/Maildir,
> which is a Qmail scheme of the mailbox. Please keep in mind this is a new
> installation. 
> 
> ================= System where Qmail was deleted ======================
> 
> ---Mutt: (no mailbox) [Msgs:0]---(date/date)----------------------(all)---
> /root/Maildir: No such file or directory (errno = 2)

You obviously didn't get around to erasing *all* the qmail references. :-)
Make sure the MAIL variable isn't getting set anywhere in /etc/csh.cshrc,
~/.cshrc, .bashrc, .profile, or whatever startup file your user shell uses.

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