Yes, the account is on both servers, but /var/spool/mail is on the NFS server not on any mail server. On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Adam Lang wrote: > Maybe the account is on both servers, but the data is only being stored on > one? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Gogoi" <tgogoi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Jeffrey Morse" <jeffmorse@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: <linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: Question about mail server > > > > > > I haven't connected to the server using telnet due to extremely strict > > firewall settings on that. However it appears there is more than meets the > > eye. > > > > > > The setting actually is > > > > | > > | > > Foundary Switch (performs load balancing) > > | > > | | > > | | > > | | > > [Mail-Server 1] [Mail Server 2] > > > > There is also an NFS server on which /var/spool/mail is stored. So, mail > > is not physically stored in the mail servers. > > > > Mail server-1 is the primary mail server. > > > > Mail server 2 has RAID-1. One of its hard disks was replaced last week. > > Since then it intermittenly generates "disk at (0,0,1,0) returned SCSI > > status:2 ...." and "disk at (0,0,1,0) returned request sense at ..... Non > > recoverable error". > > > > When Mail server 2 is turned off everthing's fine. When mail server 2 is > > turned on, only the newly created user account (after replacement of HD) > > "mtwain" fails to receive messages, though it can send messages. Outlook > > express does not return error though. > > > > And the interesting thing is, even though Mail server 2 is turned on, > > POP-3 exchanges take place bewteen Mail server 1 and the host machine. And > > yet, the outlook express on the host machine does not retrieve messages > > for account "mtwain" which it does successfully when mail server 2 is > > turned off. > > > > I get the feeling that the RAID-1 disk which generates intermittent > > "error" messages is the cause but don't know why. > > > > Thanks, > > Tony > > > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Jeffrey Morse wrote: > > > > > If you connect to the server from a telnet session using the mtwain > > > account can you see that the mailbox has messages in it? Use the "top" > > > command from within the telnet session to view the message body. > > > > > > > > > --Jeff > > > > > > * On [03-10-2004 14:55 -0500] Tony Gogoi <tgogoi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > What can be possible reasons for which a mail client (Outlook Express) > > > > does not retrieve mail from the Linux mail server ? > > > > > > > > I created a user account "mtwain" on a mail server. Any mail sent to > this > > > > account gets appended to /var/spool/mail/mtwain which means messages > > > > correctly enter mtwain's mailbox (on the server). > > > > > > > > However, outlook express is not able to retrieve mails from > > > > /var/spool/mail of the linux server. All it displays are "no new > messages" > > > > each time even though the account on Outlook express has been set to > POP3 > > > > and mtwain and /var/spool/mail/mtwain still has messages in it. > > > > > > > > /var/spool/mail of the mail server resides on an NFS server which is > > > > correctly mounted as one can view the contents of /var/spool/mail from > the > > > > email server. > > > > > > > > This problem is for any new user account only. And there are no > problems > > > > for mtwain to send mail as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" > in > > > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > - > > > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" > in > > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > > > > > > > > Tony Gogoi > > - > > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Tony Gogoi - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
