On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:21:27 -0800 John L Fjellstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I couldn't find anything about this in google. > > > > I currently have a working setup I like that uses fetchmail and procmail. I > > thought of moving to kmail since it can do a few things that annoy me with > > sylpheed. Is it possible to use kmail with a local maildir folder that is > > handled be procmail and fetchmail or do I need to move everything into kmail > > (which pretty much rules it out in such a case)? > > You can kinda use procmail with kmail. Kmail store all its mail in > ~/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail > I think you can use procmail to put mail in those folders. Never tried, > and I probably wouldn't do it (kmail seems to create some index files, > and I don't know how they will work if the index files and the actual > mails in the folder don't match). > That is what I'm afraid of at the moment, the help file implies that I need an account for each procmail spool, which sounds rather against the whole idea of procmail and fetchmail. I was wondering if there is a way around that. > > Unfortunately, kmail won't allow you to point your maildir directory > anywhere (it insist on moving all the mail into its directory structure). > This can be done, you need to change the folder variable in .kde/share/config/kmailrc (when kmail isn't running) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
