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Unable to open mail spool file /var/mail/root

hi

I have a problem with thunderbird on debian sarge stable.
I've created local users and for every user a Movemails account.

every user should login with his account, open his local mailbox,
but it doesn't work and everyone gets this error message:

Code:

Unable to open mail spool file /var/mail/root

Code:

# postconf -n

alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases

alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases

biff = no

config_directory = /etc/postfix

mailbox_command =

mailbox_size_limit = 51200000

mydestination = linux.mydomain.net, localhost.mydomain.net, localhost

myhostname = linux.mydomain.net

mynetworks = 127.0.0.1, localhost, 192.168.0.0/24

myorigin = /etc/mailname

recipient_delimiter = +

relayhost = 

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)

Code:

# chgrp mail /var/spool/mail

# chmod 1777 /var/spool/mail/

sorry, this problem is still not solved,
because every user gets only root mails now instead of his mails.

why thunderbird is looking by every user for /var/mail/root and not for /var/mail/user ?

MOVEMAIL settings:

Code:

Account Settings:

** Account Name = user@localhost

** Email Address & Reply to = user@localhost



Server settings:

** Server Type = Movemail 

** Server name = localhost

** User name = user



Outgoing server settings:

** ** Server name = localhost

** ** Use secure Connection = no

Code:

# cat /etc/aliases

# /etc/aliases

mailer-daemon: postmaster

postmaster: root

nobody: root

hostmaster: root

usenet: root

news: root

webmaster: root

www: root

ftp: root

abuse: root

noc: root

security: root

Your mbox mailboxes may be in /var/spool/mail/%user% instead of /var/mail/%user%. Make sure that you mail delivery agent is pointing to the correct mbox directory.
If your mailbox root directory is /var/spool/mail then instead of modifying your program you can also make a symblic link by running:

rm -rf /var/mail
ln -s /var/spool/mail /var/mail

Then try it again. Be careful with the "rm -rf" command above, it will delete this entire directory before makingthe symbolic link.

Code:



# newaliases



# postmap /etc/aliases

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 2: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 3: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 4: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 5: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 6: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 7: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 8: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 9: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 10: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 11: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 12: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

postmap: warning: /etc/aliases, line 15: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?



# postalias /etc/aliases

solved this problem.