I'm using procmail as the local delivery agent for Maildir style mailboxes. I discovered that I was able to send mail to other users but was unable to send mail to myself. Examples from verbose procmail log: **** Successful message to another user **** procmail: [24589] Fri Jun 2 15:03:34 2006 procmail: Assigning "PATH=/home/david/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC" procmail: Opening "/home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC" procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock procmail: Notified comsat: "david@0:/home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC" From mark.nienberg@tippingmar.com Fri Jun 2 15:03:34 2006 Subject: test to other user Folder: /home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC **** Failed message to myself **** procmail: [24596] Fri Jun 2 15:05:13 2006 procmail: Assigning "PATH=/home/mark/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" procmail: Couldn't create or rename temp file "/home/mark/Maildir/new/msg.A" procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/var/mail/mark" procmail: Opening "/var/mail/mark" procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock procmail: Notified comsat: "mark@686:/var/mail/mark" From mark.nienberg@tippingmar.com Fri Jun 2 15:05:13 2006 Subject: test to self Folder: /var/mail/mark Anyway, I changed dovecot's lock_method from the default fcntl to flock and the problem disappeared. I'll add this to the wiki unless someone points out an error in my method. Mark Nienberg
Mark Nienberg wrote:> I'm using procmail as the local delivery agent for Maildir style > mailboxes. I discovered that I was able to send mail to other users but > was unable to send mail to myself. Examples from verbose procmail log:Whoops, I spoke too soon. After working for a while, now the problem has returned. Maybe it isn't lock related. Consequently, I'm soliciting suggestions for how to fix it (procmail or dovecot?). Thanks, Mark Nienberg
* On 02/06/06 15:44 -0700, Mark Nienberg wrote:
| I'm using procmail as the local delivery agent for Maildir style
| mailboxes. I discovered that I was able to send mail to other users but
| was unable to send mail to myself. Examples from verbose procmail log:
|
| **** Successful message to another user ****
| procmail: [24589] Fri Jun 2 15:03:34 2006
| procmail: Assigning
|
"PATH=/home/david/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
| procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC"
| procmail: Opening "/home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC"
| procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock
| procmail: Notified comsat:
"david@0:/home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC"
| From mark.nienberg@tippingmar.com Fri Jun 2 15:03:34 2006
| Subject: test to other user
| Folder: /home/david/Maildir/new/msg.4AAdC
|
|
| **** Failed message to myself ****
| procmail: [24596] Fri Jun 2 15:05:13 2006
| procmail: Assigning
|
"PATH=/home/mark/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
|
| procmail: Couldn't create or rename temp file
"/home/mark/Maildir/new/msg.A"
|
| procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/var/mail/mark"
| procmail: Opening "/var/mail/mark"
| procmail: Acquiring kernel-lock
| procmail: Notified comsat: "mark@686:/var/mail/mark"
| From mark.nienberg@tippingmar.com Fri Jun 2 15:05:13 2006
| Subject: test to self
| Folder: /var/mail/mark
|
|
| Anyway, I changed dovecot's lock_method from the default fcntl to flock
| and the problem disappeared. I'll add this to the wiki unless someone
| points out an error in my method.
This is not a problem with dovecot. It's a procmail issue.
Do you realize that this could be a problem in your .procmailrc?
The mail is being delivered to /var/mail/mark as opposed to
/home/mark/Maildir/new/ ... just check your .procmailrc env settings, I
think.
-Wash
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Mark Nienberg <gmane@tippingmar.com> writes:> I'm using procmail as the local delivery agent for Maildir style > mailboxes.That's the problem. procmail...> "PATH=/home/mark/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin" > > procmail: Couldn't create or rename temp file "/home/mark/Maildir/new/msg.A"Why not? Check the permissions on /home/mark/Maildir/new/ and /home/mark/Maildir/tmp/ and /home/mark/Maildir/cur/ (use "ls -ld") ...just falls through to other mailboxes when encountering errors. The best bet is to get rid of procmail and to replace it by maildrop. -- Matthias Andree