Re: mutt and /var/spool

2009-04-14 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 07:59:14PM +0200, Axel Freyn wrote: > Hi Marcelo, > > > > Can I use mutt to read and administrate emails from > > /var/spool/username ? Can it be done without any MTA, just with mutt > > only? I have many emails waiting in my /var/spool/username file. > just start mutt, typ

Re: mutt and /var/spool

2009-04-14 Thread Stefan Dengscherz
You can also set this mailbox as the default by specifying the "set spoolfile=..." parameter in your mutt configuration file (~/.muttrc). See http://mutt.blackfish.org.uk/storage/ for details. Regards, -sd 2009/4/14 Marcelo Chiapparini : > Thank you! it worked, > > best > > Marcelo > > 2009/4/14

Re: mutt and /var/spool

2009-04-14 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Thank you! it worked, best Marcelo 2009/4/14 Axel Freyn : > Hi Marcelo, >> >> Can I use mutt to read and administrate emails from >> /var/spool/username ? Can it be done without any MTA, just with mutt >> only? I have many emails waiting in my /var/spool/username file. > just start mutt, type "c

Re: mutt and /var/spool

2009-04-14 Thread Axel Freyn
Hi Marcelo, > > Can I use mutt to read and administrate emails from > /var/spool/username ? Can it be done without any MTA, just with mutt > only? I have many emails waiting in my /var/spool/username file. just start mutt, type "c" and enter /var/spool/username - mutt will open the file and you ca

mutt and /var/spool

2009-04-14 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hello! Can I use mutt to read and administrate emails from /var/spool/username ? Can it be done without any MTA, just with mutt only? I have many emails waiting in my /var/spool/username file. thanks! Marcelo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: Mutt and /var/spool/mail

1999-10-26 Thread Paul
> > Try changing the ownership of /var/spool/mail/paul from mail to paul. > > E.g. (as root): > > chgrp paul /var/spool/mail/paul Thanks again. ls -ld /var/spool/mail/paul now says: -rw-rw 1 paul paul 422603 Oct 23 12:16 /var/spool/mail/paul But mutt still says the mai

Re: Mutt and /var/spool/mail

1999-10-25 Thread Paul
Paul wrote: > > > What are the permissions and group/ownership of /var/spool/mail? > > > > I have drwxrwsr -x root mail > > > > Anthony > > > > -- > > Thanks for your help. These are the permissions, they don`t look that > similar, has the install of mutt changed something it shouldn`t have >

Re: Mutt and /var/spool/mail

1999-10-25 Thread Paul
> What are the permissions and group/ownership of /var/spool/mail? > > I have drwxrwsr -x root mail > > Anthony > > -- Thanks for your help. These are the permissions, they don`t look that similar, has the install of mutt changed something it shouldn`t have done? $ ls -l /var/spool/mail tot

Mutt and /var/spool/mail

1999-10-25 Thread Paul
Third time lucky with this one. After uninstalling a perfectly serviceable version of Mutt in order to install Mutt-ja I now find that my mailbox is read only. I`ve RTFM and think that this may have something to do with the -homespool option and setgid but to be honest I`m still a bit of a newbie a