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Topic: Sylpheed problem, "Can't write file"

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dmizzel

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Posted: May 09 2005,23:08

i set up Sylpheed to get my pop3 email. I click 'get' to retrieve my email, it connects and starts receiving email, then stops and says

"Can't write file!"

I assume it has something to do with chmod or chown?? but im not sure what to change. I don't want to be stupid and run Sylpheed as root, so what am I missing?

adraker

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Posted: May 10 2005,07:32

Maybe /home/dsl/Mail ownership/perms.
Should be dsl and staff.

dmizzel

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Posted: May 10 2005,20:49

/home/dsl/Mail didn't even exist. I created it with ownership/perms dsl and staff. Still the same problem. Thanx for response.

I know there is something simple and stupid that I'm doing, I obviously just don't know what it is and it's very frustrating :angry:

Someone Please help!

adraker

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Posted: May 10 2005,23:13

Should have been created after your initial account setup.
I think....if it wasn't there already...
The only thing I can think of is to do a clean boot with no
restore/backup files involved, set up your Sylpheed new
account details, make sure /home/dsl/.sylpheed and /home/dsl/Mail
are in your filetool.lst, and that nothing else in your backup
is affecting these, and generate a new backup file.
Thats assuming you are using one.
I don't know if you're live/frugal/HD/persistent etc.
When setting up your new account preferences, in the advanced tab,
set up what folders your messages go into.
Hope this helps!

dmizzel

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Posted: May 14 2005,08:42

Thanx, it did help. I'm back to normal.

My problem occured when I tried to transfer my sylpheed account info from one computers backup.tar.gz to another computers backup.tar.gz. I don't remember exactly how I tried to do it. I think I tried to only copy the 'accountrc' file from home/dsl/.sylpheed directory (which I wouldn't recommend).

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