On 15Dec2011 22:00, stardiviner <numbch...@gmail.com> wrote: | I want to add User's mails into mutt mailboxes list. | I use maildir for my gmail mails. But I don't know what type of /var/mail/chris use. | */var/mail/chris* is just a file. not a directory. I guess this is mbox ... | | I use mailboxes like this: | | mailboxes =/var/mail/chris | mailboxes =Python | mailboxes =Python/python | mailboxes =Python/comp-lang-py | mailboxes =Python/Django
It will be mbox. You need to drop the "=" from your mailboxes line for the system spool: mailboxes /var/mail/chris This has nothing to do with the mailbox format and everything to do with the fact that "=" is shorthand for your mail folder directory. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Hag: Two things you must know about the wise woman. First...she is a woman. Second...she is... Edmund Blackadder: Wise? Hag: Oh! You know her then? Edmund Blackadder: No, just a stab in the dark, which is what you'll be getting in a minute if you don't become more helpful. - Edmund Blackadder to Old Hag, Bells, BA2