From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 23 09:49:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F19216A4DA for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:49:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB2F43D45 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:49:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.pc (patr530-a238.otenet.gr [212.205.215.238]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.7/8.13.7/Debian-1) with ESMTP id k6N9mtrQ022515 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:48:59 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k6N9mhdY024739; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:48:44 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k6N9mhAF024738; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:48:43 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:48:43 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Robert Davison Message-ID: <20060723094843.GA24435@gothmog.pc> References: <20060722090658.95230.qmail@web25008.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060722090658.95230.qmail@web25008.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-4.183, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.22, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mbox retrieval X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:49:18 -0000 On 2006-07-22 10:06, Robert Davison wrote: > I've received some email and read it using the simple 'mail' > command. I use qpopper to pick up the email remotely, but it seems > becasue I read it on the main mail server then qpopper wont pass it > through the system. > > I've found the mail in my 'mbox' folder. My question is...is there > anyway of reinstating this email so that qpopper wil send it back > through to my mail client ? Apparently, what has happened is that you used mail(1), but forgot to set the 'hold' option. This means that any email messsages you marked as read (either manually or by reading them) have now been moved from your default `$MAIL' folder to `$HOME/mbox'. Now you can use mail(1) to move these back to your `$MAIL' folder wherever that is. % giorgos@gothmog:/home/giorgos$ mail -f mbox % Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help. % "mbox": 1 message % > 1 foo@yahoo.com Tue Jul 4 06:17 57/2658 "Re: vmem and uma (was Re: DTrace for Free" % & s 1 $MAIL % "/home/giorgos/Mailbox" [Appended] % & x % giorgos@gothmog:/home/giorgos$ Ranges of messages can be moved to the $MAIL folder with: s 1-100 $MAIL