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List:       tmda-users
Subject:    Re: infrequent error (with details, this time)
From:       Robin Lynn Frank <rlfrank () paradigm-omega ! com>
Date:       2003-03-31 23:25:50
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On Monday 31 March 2003 07:41, David wrote:
> --- Robin Lynn Frank <rlfrank@paradigm-omega.com> wrote:
> > DeliveryError: Destination "/var/spool/mail/omega13" is not an mbox
> > file!
>
> My guess on this would be that the omega13 user might have accessed
> their mailbox with something that may have changed the format of the
> file from mbox to something else.
>
> As a resolution, I would suggest having the user empty their mailbox,
> then delete that file and allow it to be recreated again. If it's being
> created by something that writes in the mbox format, it should be ok
> from that point.
>
> I'm personally not 100% on the differences between the different file
> formats, but I have run across documentation that shows what the file
> differences are... just can't think of where to find that right now. If
> it continues to happen, you may need to find out if anything else
> (aside from your mail delivery program and the mail client) is
> accessing and writing to that file.
>
> Let me know if any of this was a help.
>
> David

Yep!  It appears to be happening when the MUA is sucking the mail out of the 
file.  Since it happens infrequently and only results in a temporary deferal 
of delivery, it seems that it is nothing to worry about.
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