[CS-FSLUG] Sending E-mail's via Network

[David M.]

On Tuesday 27 July 2004 01:31 pm, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> > Also when I try to retreive mail, I noticed an error: "Transmission
> > failed: Could not lock /var/spool/mail/dmcglone"
> >
> > Whats that mean?
>
> Sounds like a permissions issue on the directory. Check permissions from
> the perspective of the process user of the mail server.
>
> That ping issue also looks funny. You should get a reply back from
> 127.0.0.1 Try this entry instead:
> 127.0.0.1 Buddy localhost localhost.localdomain
>
> It might help, but I'm not sure with that one. Also try to ping from the
> other machine to it with a buddy entry added to /etc/hosts.

I have it fixed :-)

My problem was I had to change the preference in the "locking method" to 
"none" in the account setting for that receiving account.

This might not be the best solution, but it works.

-- 
David M.