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Topic: Slypheed error: "Can't write file", HELP!  It won't download my emails!< Next Oldest | Next Newest >
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Posted: Oct. 23 2007,05:05 QUOTE

I backed up my email files (messages and configuration settings under .slypheed).  I can read all of my old messages in the folders just fine.

But when I try to download new messages, Sylpheed begins to download messages, but before it finishes downloading even the first message, I get the error message "can't write file".

What's wrong?  What do I have to change to get Sylpheed to download my messages like it's supposed to?


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Posted: Oct. 23 2007,05:13 QUOTE

Are the permissions on /home/dsl/.sylpheed (.slypheed?) still dsl.staff? Is hda3 full?
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Posted: Oct. 23 2007,12:49 QUOTE

Quote (Juanito @ Oct. 23 2007,01:13)
Are the permissions on /home/dsl/.sylpheed (.slypheed?) still dsl.staff? Is hda3 full?

I opened up all the permissions (for both the Mail directory and the .sylpheed directory), but Sylpheed STILL refuses to download my messages.  hda3 is not full - I only have a small fraction of it filled.

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Posted: Oct. 23 2007,15:41 QUOTE

Typically Sylpheed writes mail messages in the Mail/ directory structure. The perms should be dsl.staff
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Posted: Oct. 24 2007,04:28 QUOTE

Thanks.  I got it working.  The user has to be set to dsl, and the group has to be set to staff.  I also found that I had to select the "Recurse directories" option when setting the user and group.

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