Subj : Re: Disappearing email
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Mon Oct 04 2004 05:31 pm

Keith Andrew Parker enlightened us with:
> ADDENDUM:  I have noticed that my disappearing email is going to
> /var/mail/kparker (not sure of exact location but somewhere there,
> as I am writing this from Win2k). Does this mean there is something
> retrieving my email with POP3 (whose default policy is to delete
> email after retrieval, I am told)?

Indeed - it sounds like you're running fetchmail or something similar.

> Well I have tried to look at all the cron scripts, and I can't see
> what would be doing this.

See if you can find fetchmail on your box.

You can also run ethereal and sniff all your network traffic. That way
you can perhaps find out more.

Sybren
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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