From: Alejandro Forero Cuervo (azulfreaks-unidos.net)
Date: Thu Sep 14 2006 - 08:38:58 CDT

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> I'm new on this list so I'm sorry if this post has been out before.
>
> There is an email account which bounds the mails and gives me the next
> error:
>
> relay=local, delay=5, status=bounced (can't create user output file. Command
> output: procmail: Error while writing to "/var/spool/mail/xxxxxx" )

Check what your permissions in /var/spool/mail are (ls -ld
/var/spool/mail; if /var/spool/mail is a link to something else in
your box, check the permissions on the directory it points on).
Make sure whatever user/group your procmail processes get run as can
create files there.

Alejo.
http://azul.freaks-unidos.net/

Ps. Just as a suggestion, you might want to use a more descriptive
subject in future postings to mailing lists. Something like
"procmail: can't create user output file" would be better.

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