Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 22:34:09 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Subject: Re: Can't read root mailbox Message-ID: <199807151034.WAA20479@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199807132304.LAA17324@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>
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On 14 Jul 98, at 11:04, Dan Langille wrote: > I've installed qpopper. I have two users on my system. I'm trying to > read their mailboxes from my NT box using the Pegasus mail client. I can > read the mail for one user, but not for the other. The message displayed > on the console is "-ERR Password supplied for "root" is incorrrect". > > I hope it's wanting the same password as used to logon using root at the > console. Because that's what I'm supplying. > > I notice that in /var/mail, I have the following entries: > > .abcdef.pop abcdef root > > I don't get the error for the abcdef user (not the actual name). Should > there be a .root.pop entry in this directory? If so, how should it be > created? By private email, a reader suggested I look at .forward and when searching for just that in the archives, I found /etc/aliases. After completing the well known aliases for root, manager, and dumper, I found that email was being forwarded. thanks for that. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com : for race timing solutions To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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