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sym links
what would cause me to get a BOGUS.xxxx file when sending email
locally in qmail?
i have my user symlinked from /var/spool/mail/username to /home/user/Mailbox

Any ideas?
-Mark
Re: sym links [ In reply to ]
In message <Pine.BSI.3.91.970310054428.11637A-100000@zeus.anet-dfw.com>, Mark w
rites:
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} locally in qmail?
} i have my user symlinked from /var/spool/mail/username to /home/user/Ma
} ilbox

Sounds like you're using procmail for your deliveries; it won't deliver
to mailboxes which are symlinks, or which have more than one hard link,
or given certain permissions. See the procmail documentation for more
details.

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