Occasionally, errors with the hd cause it to be mounted read only. Users get no notificationa bout that when logging in. But when they download their mail, all the new mails are lost! $ touch test touch: cannot touch `test': Read-only file system $ fetchmail -av -m "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" ... reading message nobody@nowhere.org:159 of 160 (4136 octets) #*************************.****procmail: Error while writing to "/home/gab/.procmaillog" procmail: Error while writing to "enigmail" procmail: Error while writing to "default" flushed fetchmail: POP3> DELE 159 fetchmail: POP3< +OK fetchmail: POP3> LIST 160 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 160 4013 fetchmail: POP3> RETR 160 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 4013 octets reading message nobody@nowhere.org:160 of 160 (4013 octets) #********************.************************.************procmail: Error while writing to "/home/gab/.procmaillog" procmail: Error while writing to "default" flushed fetchmail: POP3> DELE 160 fetchmail: POP3< +OK fetchmail: POP3> QUIT fetchmail: POP3< +OK nobody@nowhere.org InterMail POP3 server signing off. fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying mail.nowhere.org (protocol POP3) at Mon Nov 8 10:16:332004: poll completed fetchmail: normal termination, status 0 $ Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Expected Results: 1. Users should get a notofication when their home dir is read only. 2. fetchmail should stop with an error, and it must not delete usaved messages from the server.
> 1. Users should get a notofication when their home dir is read only. Remember it's read only. > 2. fetchmail should stop with an error, and it must not delete usaved messages from the server. I think this is an upstream task. Contact him to get this one fixed. I think it's the best solution. Sorry, but I don't see this one as a Gentoo bug. Cheers, Ferdy
