Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-17 Thread skidley
> Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header > http://volker.orcon.net.nzPlease do not CC list postings to me. > > It seems that is exactly the problem. with just plain mda 'procmail' /var/spool/mail/ is not seen as a

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-17 Thread Patrick
* Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-17-02 02:28]: > > > However, when you make fetchmail deliver directly to procmail, fetchmail > > > does not generate a "From " line at all, and neither does procmail - big > > > barf results. In that case, use fetchmail -> formail | procmail. > > > > I be

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-17 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> > However, when you make fetchmail deliver directly to procmail, fetchmail > > does not generate a "From " line at all, and neither does procmail - big > > barf results. In that case, use fetchmail -> formail | procmail. > > I believe that this is misleading/incorrect information. I have > m

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-15 Thread Rocco Rutte
Hi, * Volker Kuhlmann [04/15/02 08:28:44 CEST] wrote: > However, when you make fetchmail deliver directly to procmail, fetchmail > does not generate a "From " line at all, and neither does procmail - big > barf results. In that case, use fetchmail -> formail | procmail. ,[ ~/.procmailrc ]- |

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-15 Thread Patrick
* Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-15-02 05:45]: > On Mon 15 Apr 2002 11:45:06 NZST +1200, skidley wrote: > > > When I started mutt after a new install I get > > /var/spool/mail/ is not a mailbox. I've never seen such a > > thing. So I ran fetchmail

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-15 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Mon 15 Apr 2002 11:45:06 NZST +1200, skidley wrote: > When I started mutt after a new install I get > /var/spool/mail/ is not a mailbox. I've never seen such a > thing. So I ran fetchmail and it created /var/spool/mail/ and > downloaded my pop messages and still when I run

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-14 Thread David T-G
Skidley -- ...and then skidley said... % % absolutely horrendous. How can I fix this??? Probably by removing the blank line at the top of your spool file that somehow got there and which makes the mailbox no longer an mbox. We get this sort of question a lot; I bet it would be easy to find

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-14 Thread skidley
Rocco Rutte wrote: > Hi, > > * skidley [04/15/02 01:45:06 CEST] wrote: > > It would be nice if you could wrap your lines at somewhat > around 70 characters/line. > > > > > This is quite simple: as default, your spoolbox in /var/mail > is of type mbox. The mbox format defines that mails are t

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-14 Thread Rocco Rutte
Hi, * skidley [04/15/02 01:45:06 CEST] wrote: It would be nice if you could wrap your lines at somewhat around 70 characters/line. > When I started mutt after a new install I get > /var/spool/mail/ is not a mailbox. I've never > seen such a thing. So I ran fetchmail and it create

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-14 Thread Joel Hammer
I can duplicate your problem if I put some garbage like as the first line of my mail box file. That is, file reports a mail box but mutt complains it is not. Joel On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 09:17:23PM -0300, skidley wrote: > Joel Hammer wrote: > > >What do you get with: > >fi

Re: /var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-14 Thread Joel Hammer
What do you get with: file /var/spool/mail/ I get: /var/spool/mail/jlh: mail text Joel On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 08:45:06PM -0300, skidley wrote: > When I started mutt after a new install I get /var/spool/mail/ is not a mailbox. I've never seen such a thing. So I ran fetchmail and it crea

/var/spool/mail/.... is not a mailbox

2002-04-14 Thread skidley
When I started mutt after a new install I get /var/spool/mail/ is not a mailbox. I've never seen such a thing. So I ran fetchmail and it created /var/spool/mail/ and downloaded my pop messages and still when I run mutt I get /var/spool/mail... is not a mailbox. why out of the blue would

Re: /var/spool/mail

1999-12-02 Thread Dirk Pirschel
On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm wondering how to move new mails coming from /var/spool/mail to ~/Mail? To move read mails to ~/Mail set move=yes set mbox=~/Mail/whatever or use mbox-hook ... To move unread mails man procmail :-) CU Dirk -- Dirk Pirschel E-Mail

/var/spool/mail

1999-12-02 Thread rino
I'm wondering how to move new mails coming from /var/spool/mail to ~/Mail?

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-11-03 Thread Rejo Zenger
++ 27/10/99 15:08 +0100 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 1024 Oct 23 12:16 mail >-rw-rw 1 paul mail 422603 Oct 23 12:16 /var/spool/mail/paul -^^-- Eeeuh... i'm not sure, but those persissions don't look that good

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread paul
On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 12:38:06AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Perhaps the new version of Mutt does not have read_only unset? > This might need to go into your .muttrc: unset read_only > > TomG Doesn`t make any difference I`m afraid, looks like I`m going to have to change /usr/bin/mutt to

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread tomg
characters but also >my mailbox - var/spool/mail/paul has become read only so I cannot delete >or move read messages. >Please can anybody point me in the right direction? > >Paul >-- >Paul Walton * Powered by *

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread Thomas Roessler
On 1999-10-27 15:08:40 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All I had to do was add myself to the group"mail" and it seems to > work fine. DOH! Don't do that. Rather, you should check whether /usr/local/bin/mutt_dotlock is setgid mail. -- http://www.guug.de/~roessler/

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread Mikko Hänninen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 27 Oct 1999: > drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 1024 Oct 23 12:16 mail > -rw-rw 1 paul mail 422603 Oct 23 12:16 /var/spool/mail/paul These seem to be OK, as they should be (on most systems, anyway). > All

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread paul
Thanks for the help Mikko.Permissions were as follows; drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 1024 Oct 23 12:16 mail -rw-rw 1 paul mail 422603 Oct 23 12:16 /var/spool/mail/paul All I had to do was add myself to the group"mail" and it seems to work fine. DOH! (Now to try

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread Mikko Hänninen
Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 27 Oct 1999: > Now however not only can I still not view Japanese characters but also > my mailbox - var/spool/mail/paul has become read only so I cannot delete > or move read messages. > Please can anybody point me in the right direction

read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-10-27 Thread Paul
slink CD) with mutt-ja_0.95.4i.jp2-2,and also the required slang1-ja_1.2.2.j055-1.1. Now however not only can I still not view Japanese characters but also my mailbox - var/spool/mail/paul has become read only so I cannot delete or move read messages. Please can anybody point me in the right

Re: read only /var/spool/mail/(user)

1999-01-02 Thread Mikko Hänninen
Rejo Zenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Thu, 04 Nov 1999: > >-rw-rw 1 paul mail 422603 Oct 23 12:16 /var/spool/mail/paul > -^^-- > > Eeeuh... i'm not sure, but those persissions don't look that good at > all. Now any use