Opps: Mail sent to non-existent user

Joel Hammer joel
Mon May 17 12:00:38 PDT 2004


OK. I found stuff in /var/mail/mqueue which seems to be a
bunch of email that has gone missing for a couple of days
(since I misconfigured my mail sever.) I created a user
helen on this box. How can I get my box to deliver the
mail from this queue?

Thanks,

Joel
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 04:16:55PM -0500, Kurt Wall wrote:
> In a 0.9K blaze of typing glory, Joel Hammer wrote:
> >  Well, I really did it.
> 
> Did anyone see you do it? Can they prove it?
> 
> >  sensible-mda[11330]: User(helen) does not exist
> >  
> >  Does anyone know where this mail might be?
> 
> Either the mail spool or bounced outright. I'd heck your MDA's
> spool directory first.
> 
> Kurt
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