System and Network configuration • Locked out by emacs

For a new installation of Debian, I installed exiim4, fetchmail and mutt as well. I cannot receive mail because exim locks me out. Here are some lines from the exim log file:

2024-12-30 00:21:07 Start queue run: pid=1114523
2024-12-30 00:21:07 1tRTX6-004EuV-0e Message is frozen
...
2024-12-30 00:21:07 1tS8DD-004fwO-28 <= <> R=1tRc6v-004dlL-2p U=Debian-exim P=local S=2247
2024-12-30 00:21:07 1tS8DD-004fwO-28 == /var/mail/haines <haines@iskra.histomat.net> R=userforward T=address_file defer (13): Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post /var/mail/haines.lock.iskra.histomat.net.67722dc3.001101ab (euid=1000 egid=1000)
2024-12-30 00:21:07 1tRbx2-004dkT-1g == /var/mail/haines <haines@localhost> R=userforward T=address_file defer (13): Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post /var/mail/haines.lock.iskra.histomat.net.67722dc3.001101af (euid=1000 egid=1000)
2024-12-30 00:21:07 1tRXHo-004FRR-2n Message is frozen
...

Nothing seems wrong with my /var/mail/haines file:

$ ls -la /var/mail
total 12440
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 Dec 29 16:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Dec 17 10:39 ..
-rw-rw---- 1 haines mail 6362255 Dec 29 15:56 haines

Where does exim put its lock fille? What does "hithing post" refer to? Can exum_lock command be sued to remove a lock? Does the S and R in the message number refer to send and receive?

Statistics: Posted by Haines — 2024-12-30 16:30 — Replies 0 — Views 16

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