From e810e08bca63ba4ba8592c720d87fa54a11eab6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ettore Perazzoli <ettore@src.gnome.org>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 15:15:18 +0000
Subject: Added a question about the need for write permissions on
 /var/spool/mail.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=9880
---
 help/C/evolution-faq.sgml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

(limited to 'help/C')

diff --git a/help/C/evolution-faq.sgml b/help/C/evolution-faq.sgml
index 9065f93c23..586c6941ff 100644
--- a/help/C/evolution-faq.sgml
+++ b/help/C/evolution-faq.sgml
@@ -351,6 +351,27 @@ db_dump185 ~/evolution/local/Contacts/addressbook.db.backup | db_load ~/evolutio
       </sect2>
 
       <!-- -->
+      <sect2>
+    	<title>
+	    Evolution reported an error when trying to retrieve from my
+	    local spool in <tt>/var/spool/mail/username</tt>.  Why?
+    	</title>
+
+        <para>
+	  Evolution doesn't have an external helper for moving mail,
+	  so <tt>/var/spool/mail/</tt> must be writable by you.  Try this:
+	</para>
+
+        <programlisting>
+chmod 1777 /var/spool/mail
+	</programlisting>
+
+        <para>
+	  Yes, we know this is a problem.  It will be fixed eventually.
+	</para>
+      </sect2>
+
+	<!-- -->
       <sect2>
 	<title>
 	  Evolution crashes reporting that it couldn't allocate N
-- 
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