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Casey Allen ShobeOct 25, 2004 7:33 am 
Jay LeeOct 25, 2004 7:48 am 
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Subject:Re: [maildropl] maildrop makes new files and puts mail in mailbox format if I make a typo...Actions...
From:Ron Johnson (ron.@cox.net)
Date:Oct 25, 2004 11:37:38 am
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-maildrop

On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 14:33 +0000, Casey Allen Shobe wrote:

I use maildir, and for the most part, it works well.

However, I make the mistake of omitting a letter in a folder name, maildrop, instead of returning an error to the mta, makes a new file in Maildir/ called whatever it was that I typed, and puts mail in it in mailbox format.

This is bad, because I don't realize the problem for a long time, and I have no idea how to get my lost mail out of the wrong format into my proper maildir directories after this has happened!!

If I understand you correctly, then this is exactly the same as what happens to me occasionally. It's a 2-minute fix.

What you do is : $ mv ~/Maildir/your_new_file /var/mail/$USER

Then, you can create the proper Maildir folder, and, using Evo, drag-n-drop those mails from the spool account to that newly- created Maildir folder.

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