Temtatively SOLVED. Thanks blackbird! My main machine email now seems to work.
But some things I don't understand. I happily send and receive mail on my laptop with
the following permissions for the mail directory (although the laptop runs Devuan, not Debian):Following your suggestion, I changed the permissions for the mail directory on my main
machine to read:The machine now happily sends and receives mail. Was this a bug in Debian?
But some things I don't understand. I happily send and receive mail on my laptop with
the following permissions for the mail directory (although the laptop runs Devuan, not Debian):
Code:
$ ls -la /var | grep mail drwxrwxr-x root mailmachine to read:
Code:
$ ls -la /var | grep mail drwxrwsrwt 2 root mail 4096 Dec 31 12:56 mailStatistics: Posted by Haines — 2024-12-31 18:12