Re: error messages

Is this a single user system used only by you?  If so, try the command
 	chmod 1777 /var/mail
while root.

Does taht resolve the issue?

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Mark Crispin wrote:
>
>> I don't know about the speller issue, but I ought to be able to help you 
>> with the "Folder vulnerable" issue.
>> 
>> This message occurs when accessing the traditional UNIX mail spool file. I 
>> assume that this is what you are using for your mail.
>> 
>> First, please verify that /var/mail exists as a directory and that
>> /var/mail/holtzm exists as your INBOX.
>
> [holtzm@localhost]~$ ls -l /var/mail
> total 164
> -rw-rw---- 1 holtzm mail 90202 2008-03-28 19:46 holtzm
>
> The output from procmail -v gives the system mailbox:
>
> procmail v3.22 2001/09/10
>    Copyright (c) 1990-2001, Stephen R. van den Berg    <[email protected]>
>    Copyright (c) 1997-2001, Philip A. Guenther <[email protected]>
>
> Submit questions/answers to the procmail-related mailinglist by sending to:
>        <[email protected]>
>
> And of course, subscription and information requests for this list to:
>        <[email protected]>
>
> Locking strategies:     dotlocking, fcntl()
> Default rcfile:         $HOME/.procmailrc
>        It may be writable by your primary group
> Your system mailbox:    /var/mail/holtzm
>
> Note the last line.
>
>> Assuming that is OK, is there a /var/mail/holtzm.lock?  If there is one and 
>> it was not created within the past 5 minutes, then delete it.
>
> None exists.
>
>> Please let me know if this resolves your issue.
>
> Doesn't look like it.
>
> As far as the speller issue, there is someone on the fedora-test(?) list that 
> posted the identical problem with alpine 0.9999... and now I can't find it.
>
> Initially, after the update, invoking spellcheck came up with "Spell-checking 
> file "" not found". After rebooting for an unrelated problem I started 
> getting the termination message.
>
> .pine-debug4 shows (in part):speller : /usr/bin/aspell --dont-backup 
> --mode=email check
>
> even though alpine Setup Configure shows:
> Speller                           = <No Value Set>
>
> Now I'm *really snowed.
>
> Sorry for the long post and thanks for the reply.
>
> -- 
> Bob Holtzman
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> check the price of the beer"
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