Re: [webmin-devel] feature of "read user mail" is gone!

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 26/Aug/2009 14:54 TLD Wedmin <tld...@st...> wrote ..
> I had a server for our office which was running an older version
> of just about everything (set up about 5-6 years ago), and has
> recently been upgrading with new versions of all the web-based
> daemons and such we use.  I have been using webmin since then
> and have enjoyed it immensely.
> 
> However, in the transition from the old version to this new
> version, a feature of the "read user mail" (that I used ALL the
> time) is gone.
> 
> I use procmail to help manage incoming mail, and I use it to
> separate out mail based on various tests and the like.  It would
> write them out to files in the mail spool directory such as
> "probably-spam" and "needs-spam-scan" and things like that.
> 
> Using the "read user mail" interface, I use to see these files
> in the list and parse through them doing whatever needed to be
> done on the contents.
> 
> They are no longer listed!!!   In fact, it appears that ONLY
> actual users of the system are listed here now..  wtf?   This is
> really irritating.  Now if I want to open these files, I either
> have to add a user to the system of that file name (which is
> retarded, because these things can and do change as needs arise),
> use the 'browse' feature and manually click through the directory
> tree to the mail spool directory and select the file, or manually
> type it in.
> 
> I check these files 4-5 times a day and it is really getting on
> my nerves!!
> 
> Why isn't there a config option to disable this annoyance?
> 
> As an added slap to the face, if I have one of these files open,
> click on a message to view its headers, and then decided to delete
> it, I get the "this user does not exist" error.
> 
> Please please please fix this!!!!!

Hmm, I am surprised that this ever worked .. as far as I recall,
the "Read User Mail" module only ever showed mailboxes for actual
users, not just any file under /var/mail.

Long ago I used to use it as my main mail reader, and I actually
created additional users (with the same UID as my main account)
whose usernames matched the files in /var/mail that I used for
extra folders. I suggest using that same solution..

Alternately, you can install Usermin which lets you add any
arbitrary file as a folder..

 - Jamie