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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>when I checked in mailog (/var/log/maillog), it
give me one error:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jun 8 12:43:17 pluto MailScanner[98992]:
MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.31.6 starting...<BR>Jun 8
12:43:17 pluto MailScanner[98992]: User's home directory /var/mail/mail does not
exist<BR>Jun 8 12:43:17 pluto MailScanner[98992]: Using locktype =
posix<BR>Jun 8 12:43:17 pluto MailScanner[98992]: Creating hardcoded
struct_flock subroutine for freebsd (BSD-type)<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is "MailScanner[98992]: User's home directory
/var/mail/mail does not exist" used for ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I could not create
dir in /var/mail/mail</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bash-2.05b# ls -la /var/mail/</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-rw------- 1
ftp
ftp 0 Apr 19 01:27
ftp<BR>-rw------- 1 mail
mail 0 Apr 19 01:27
mail<BR>-rw------- 1 majordomo
daemon 0 Apr 19 01:27 majordomo</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bash-2.05b# mkdir /var/mail/mail/<BR>mkdir:
/var/mail: Not a directory<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>any clue?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shahid</DIV></FONT>
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