From: mwolson_admin <mwolson_admin@deleuze.hcoop.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:27:44 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: redeliver-mail: new script to redeliver all mail in /var/mail
X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/hcoop/scripts.git/commitdiff_plain/e9472285f78a5bf3f981df3de6f386d7ced94d55?ds=sidebyside

redeliver-mail: new script to redeliver all mail in /var/mail
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diff --git a/redeliver-mail b/redeliver-mail
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0d68870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redeliver-mail
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Redeliver any messages that may have accidentally been sent to
+# /var/mail/$USER, due to temporary AFS glitches.
+#
+# This should be called as root on deleuze.
+
+for MBOX in /var/mail/*; do
+
+    USER=$(basename $MBOX)
+    TMPMBOX=/tmp/exim4/$USER.mbox.tmp
+
+    # Sanity check: file exists and has nonzero size
+    if ! test -s $MBOX; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Deliver mail.  If the message still can't be written to
+    # $USER/Maildir, Exim will place it in /var/mail/$USER again.
+    mv /var/mail/$USER $TMPMBOX
+    formail -s /etc/exim4/deliver-once $USER < $TMPMBOX
+    rm -f $TMPMBOX
+done