Guys, I'm stuck on mail setup with a procmail error saying it can't write to /var/spool/mail/$USER. It is a postfix error, but it is complaining about procmail. An example of the error is: Dec 18 19:10:37 localhost postfix/local[2104]: E238BE7E78: to=<david@mymailaddress>, relay=local, delay=1.2, delays=0.14/0.04/0/1, dsn=5.2.0, status=bounced (can't create user output file. Command output: procmail: Error while writing to "/var/spool/mail/david" ) I'm fairly certain it is a user permission problem, but I can't recall ever changing anything before on my other setups to get procmail working. In this current config, /etc/postfix/main.cf has: mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -a "$EXTENSION" The permission for /var/spool/mail are the exact same I have on my x86_64 Arch server at home where procmail is working just fine: [19:27 phoenix:/var/spool/mail] # l total 386772 drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Dec 18 19:13 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Dec 18 16:54 .. -rw------- 1 david dcr 362640748 Dec 18 19:05 david <snip> Just as with that box, I moved the mail spool from the suse install to the new install, so I don't think that would be the issue here. Anybody have any idea why postfix/procmail can't write to /var/spool/mail? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
