On 6-02-2009, at 11h 06'55", Ionel Mugurel Ciobica wrote about "Re: How can I get mail from /var/mail/jatmin to my spoolfile ~/INBOX ?" > > I have my maibox in file located in $HOME/Mail by simply setting the > MAIL variable. I use tcsh so this goes in my .login: > > setenv MAIL $HOME/Mail/Inbox > > for bash you may need to have this in .profile or similar: > > MAIL=$HOME/Mail/Inbox > export $MAIL > > Then, in my .procmailrc config file, I also set the default to the > same file. Here is the head of my $HOME/.procmailrc file: > > SHELL=/bin/sh > PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin > MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail #make sure it exists > Mail=$MAILDIR > DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/Inbox #completely optional > LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/from #recommended > EGREP=/bin/egrep > FORMAIL=/usr/bin/formail > > :0 > * ^From ....@some string.* > $DEFAULT > > > The first setting tells mutt (and other applications) were to look for > new e-mails. The second tell were the mail should be delivered. > >
You could, of course, replace Inbox with Inbox_`hostname` on all computers to avoind loosing mail. Ionel
