"Debiandomain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I just installed slink and then upgraded to frozen. It went ok I think but >now I want to install fetchmail and mutt. I installed mutt and fetchmail and >configured fetchmail and saved the file into my /home/user directory. When I >try to start mutt I get an error /var/spool/mail/neutec: No such file or >directory (errno=2) I have seen this before but in the past I have been able >to get mutt to create my maiol box. But I cant remember. What will I need to >do to get mutt to create a mail box for me. I checked and I dont have a >folder in /var/spool/mail.
Just 'touch /var/spool/mail/neutec'. Mail folders just consist of all the messages concatenated together, so a zero-length file is a valid folder. In any case, when you get mail the folder will be created. Don't worry about it; it isn't a fatal error. (Though make sure that your MTA is actually going to deliver mail to /var/spool/mail/$USER.) >Next question. After installing fetchmail I need to make a fetchmail file. >should this file be hidden and what premission should it have? What do you mean by "hidden"? It should be called ~/.fetchmailrc, if by that you mean dotfiles, and since it often contains POP/IMAP/etc. passwords it should be mode 600 (-rw-------). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
