Re: [2] Balsa

["..." <mike@bcinternet.com>]

On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Phillip Neumann wrote:

> Robert Ramiega wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 05:22:53PM +0000, Phillip Neumann wrote:
> > > I just download balsa 0.4.5 and it dont want to configure itself. It
> > > asks for an indox path, i put there /var/spool/mail/user , but balsa
> >
> >  I'm yet to get my hands on balsa but maybe You should give it just
> > /var/spool/mail (that is omit the user part; point it to directory where
> > inboxes are stored.
> 
> I have try /var/spool/mail too. Balsa said, invalid path too.....
> What else can i try ??

	You will have to create your inbox yourself, Balsa will not start
unless you have a file for Inbox, Outbox, and Trash.  This is kind of
annoying IMO since I use IMAP and don't have a local Inbox.  Anyways if
mail is already setup on your box send a message to your local account and
that *should* create a /var/spool/mail/<username> for you.  If not as root
try this.

> /var/spool/mail/<username>
chown <username>.mail /var/spool/mail/<username>
chmod 660 /var/spool/mail/<username>


			mike...