On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 06:33:30AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 11:22:50AM -0500, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 09:45:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > There are other mailbox formats, most notably Maildir, which store each > > > > message in a separate file. If the system drops while a file is being > > > > written and that file's data is lost, then you only lose one message > > > > instead of the whole mailbox. > > > > > > That's exactly what I meant > > > > OK. With stock Debian's exim4 and mutt, how do I switch from mbox to > > maildir? I assume that once I do, the user's interaction with the mail > > from within Mutt will look the same? > > I believe that if you dpkg-reconfigure exim, you get a prompt asking > whether to use Maildir.
Thanks, Its been quite easy. dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config, choose maildir. Add MAIL=/home/$USER/Maildir to /etc/bash.bashrc so that mutt picks it up. One question: Is there a way for bash to check Maildir for new mail or should I just disable its check alltogether? It is misleading for it to say "no mail". I also have been in the habit of using "from -c"; is there a Maildir equivalent? I also see from the mutt man page that it refers one to the maildir(5) man page which I can't find. Ok, another question. All our saved messages are in mbox format. In the future, can mutt save messages to Maildir directories instead of mbox files? Is there a conversion program? Thanks, Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
