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I'm not able to view my inbox mails, I'm using Thunderbird.
I have checked the /var/mail
directory. There I saw the lock file: /var/mail/$LOGINNAME.lock
I have removed the lock file and restarted the Thunderbird, again the lock file is created.
I have changed the file group as mail from users. After that also the lock file is created.
I have restarted the machine. After re-booted the machine the file group has changes to users.
-rw------- 1 sugumar users 1.4G 2011-09-30 20:14 sugumar
-rw------- 1 sugumar mail 10 2011-09-30 20:30 sugumar.lock
I'm not able to stop the lock file creations. I'm not able to access my inbox.
What is the problem? How to solve this?
Thanks... I have used 3rd point Now I'm able to access the new mails. How to restore the old mail into my Inbox ? – ungalnanban – 2011-09-30T19:58:51.277
do
touch /var/mail/sugumar
, then open Thunderbird again and any new emails from then on should work. – chown – 2011-09-30T20:01:32.970