Thanks. The configuration file seems correct, as it works fine from
one computer. The other computer acts odd. Here are straces:
This is from the computer that works fine:
2558 stat64("/u/goetz/mail/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700,
st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
2558 open("/u/goetz/mail/", O_RDONLY) = 7
2558 read(7, 0xbfece130, 1023) = -1 EISDIR (Is a directory)
2558 close(7) = 0
2558 stat64("/u/goetz/mail/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700,
st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
2558 stat64("/u/goetz/mail/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700,
st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
2558 gettimeofday({1345143833, 797758}, {240, 0}) = 0
2558 stat64("/u/goetz/mail//.mxindex", 0xbfecf26c) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
2558 getdents64(6, /* 20 entries */, 32768) = 624
2558 stat64("/u/goetz/mail/SPAM.msf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
st_size=1089, ...}) = 0
2558 gettimeofday({1345143833, 799519}, {240, 0}) = 0
2558 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [ALRM], [], 8) = 0
2558 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], [ALRM], 8) = 0
and so on till it does a close(6)
This is from the computer that doesn't work properly:
32580 stat64("/u/goetz/mail//.mxindex", 0xbfffa48c) = -1 ENOENT (No
such file or directory)
32580 getdents64(6, /* 20 entries */, 32768) = 624
32580 close(6)
Both show 20 entries, but one doesn't list anything for them. If I
change the link where my mail is stored to another nfs server, then
the mail works from any computer. I am not sure if it is the original
nfs server or the client. As most clients work fine with the nfs
server.
The nfs server for the mail is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
release 6.3 kernel 2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64 and is running nfs-
utils-1.2.3-26.el6.x86_64
The client having problem is running an old system 2.4.21-57.ELsmp
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Lawrence
On Aug 15, 1:41 am, "J.O. Aho" <u...@example.net> wrote:
> On 14/08/12 18:38, Lawrence wrote:
> > I'm on Linux and the mail folder is in my home directory (which is
> > stored via NFS).
> > For some reason pine is no longer showing folders from the ~mail
> > directory. If I go into pine and look at the folders it only shows
> > INBOX. However if I start pine and tell it to open a mail folder name
> > by -f then it is able to open it. Such as: pine -f Sent. It also works
> > if I go into Pine and then tell it to goto a folder and type in a
> > name.
> > This is my configuration setup for the folders:
> > Nickname : Mail
> > Server :
> > Path : mail/
> > View :
> > It has been working fine like this for a long time, just the other day
> > after I restarted the servers this problem happened.
> Check your ~/.pinerc for folder-collection settings
> One liner:
> folder-collections=remote-mail
> {host_name_or_ip/ssl/novalidate-cert/user=remote_username}[], local-mail
> /home/mail/mail/[]
> A miss configuration here, for example havng
> local-mail [/home/mail/mail/]
> would give the effect you describe.
> This should fix your issue, you can also try with
> One liner:
> newmail-fifo-path=/tmp/mail.pine.fifo
> as there can be times when NFS causes issues (I haven't had any for the
> years I have had my /home as a NFS share).
> --
> //Aho
