Re: kmail - local mailbox - feeling dumb
On Saturday 01 December 2001 09:50 am, Hank Marquardt wrote:
> This is an unstable box, brand new user, no garbage or baggage to mung
> things up -- fire up kmail, it does it's configuration for first time
> use -- fine, now there's an address book and Mail directory. I went to
> Configure KMail -> Network "added" the local mailbox as /var/mail/$user
> told it to use mutt dotlocks, turned on interval checking and saved ...
>
> Tell it to check mail, nothing ... pull down the menu for "Check mail
> here" and select the local name... nothing. There is mail, I've sent
> it, I get the shell 'New mail in /var/mail/$user' on shell login.
>
Hank:
I also had issues with local mail, and my own experience is lame so I checked
each one individually.
Firstly, my mail lives in: /var/spool/mail/jaye
That might be an issue for you too.
Next, all the mail chks failed except: Mutt dotlock (privileged)
The (recommended) didn't work here on my Testing Woody box.
hth
tatah
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