Re: mutt configuration: problem with getting mail

2007-09-11 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Arvind Marathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [09-11-07 15:43]: > Some more info: > I found out that all my mails were sitting in the file /var/mail/arvind, > realised that exim had by default set > "Delivery method for local mail:" > to > "mbox format in /var/mail/". > I changed it to > "Maildir format in

Re: mutt configuration: problem with getting mail

2007-09-11 Thread Arvind Marathe
Some more info: I found out that all my mails were sitting in the file /var/mail/arvind, realised that exim had by default set "Delivery method for local mail:" to "mbox format in /var/mail/". I changed it to "Maildir format in home directory". Not sure if that was the cause of the problem but sti

Re: mutt configuration: problem with getting mail

2007-09-11 Thread Arvind Marathe
Following is my .procmailrc, if that is any help --- MAILDIR=$HOME/mail/ LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmaillog VERBOSE=no :0 inbox/ --- And this is my ~/.procmaillog --- >From [

Re: mutt configuration: problem with getting mail

2007-09-11 Thread Breen Mullins
On 9/11/07, Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think getmail marks messages as read once you receive them. In fact, > it may so have happened that of your 582 messages, only 417 were new > (unread), but getmail's claim to have delivered everything beats me. The OP's getmailrc calls pro

Re: mutt configuration: problem with getting mail

2007-09-11 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Dear Arvind, On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 10:54:33PM +0530, Arvind Marathe wrote: > Another problem: when i again open my account in webmail, all of the latest of > the 582 mails which were unread are shown as 'read' after i had tried to > receive > them in mutt. But as i said, i can't find them in my

Re: mutt configuration: problem with getting mail

2007-09-11 Thread Arvind Marathe
Another problem: when i again open my account in webmail, all of the latest of the 582 mails which were unread are shown as 'read' after i had tried to receive them in mutt. But as i said, i can't find them in my mutt inbox. Arvind > Hi all, > i am new to mutt and am trying to configure it for th

mutt configuration: problem with getting mail

2007-09-11 Thread Arvind Marathe
Hi all, i am new to mutt and am trying to configure it for the first time. I've tried setting up exim, getmail, procmail and mutt. When i send a mail, it reaches the destination alright, but i have problem receiving mails on my machine. Right now, there are 582 messages in my INBOX. When i try to

Re: newbie: getting mail outta the box

2002-07-07 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 11:46:40PM -0400, Jeff Maxson wrote: | using debian sid (mostly), i386, exim, fetchmail. Using pine (the old | standby) I can send out mail (I'm using that now) and it actually arrives | at a final destination. Using mutt, I can get/read mail, but sending it | from mut

Re: newbie: getting mail outta the box

2002-07-07 Thread John Iverson
* On Sat, 06 Jul 2002, Jeff Maxson wrote: > using debian sid (mostly), i386, exim, fetchmail. Using pine (the old > standby) I can send out mail (I'm using that now) and it actually arrives > at a final destination. Using mutt, I can get/read mail, but sending it > from mutt seems to drop the

newbie: getting mail outta the box

2002-07-06 Thread Jeff Maxson
using debian sid (mostly), i386, exim, fetchmail. Using pine (the old standby) I can send out mail (I'm using that now) and it actually arrives at a final destination. Using mutt, I can get/read mail, but sending it from mutt seems to drop the mail in the bitbox. Mutt seems to think that it s

Re: Getting mail.

2000-04-28 Thread Mikko Hänninen
Hello, This question has very little to do with Mutt, but here goes... N. Raghavendra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Tue, 25 Apr 2000: > 1. keep a copy of all messages to me in appropriate folders in the > directory $HOME/mail/ on the server (mri.mri.ernet.in). This is because if > I am out of tow

Getting mail.

2000-04-25 Thread N. Raghavendra
Hello, I am using Debian Hamm and have some questions about mail configuration. The mail server in my work-place is mri.mri.ernet.in, and I have been using Pine to read mail on this server from the PC in my office (riemann.mri.ernet.in). To do this I used the following options in configuring Pine