Re: [Alpine-info] Maildrop setup in laymans terms?

[Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info]

On 2024-06-07 06:03, Chris M via Alpine-info wrote:

touch command doesn't work

chris@q4os-desktop:~$ touch /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail



chris@q4os-desktop:~$ cd /home/chris

chris@q4os-desktop:~$ touch /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail


chris@q4os-desktop:~$

touch: cannot touch '/home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail': No such file or directory touch: cannot touch '/home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail': No such file or directory

  cd /home/chris/
  ls maildrop



  rm maildir
  mkdir maildrop


If it says it does not exist, then create the directory:

  mkdir maildrop


then

touch maildrop/sent-mail





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Cheers / Saludos,

                Carlos E. R.
                (from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar)

But this is not an Alpine problem. You have problems handling the standard Linux command line. If it says it is a file, you have to delete it and create a directory instread: Alpine is a traditional Linux style program, it assumes you are familiar with the Linux command line. There are even more difficult to use mail programs, like "mutt".

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