Re: How to configure the imap package after installation?
On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 02:48:36PM +0100, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote:
> I've installed the imap package on my debian box. However I can't access
> my mail folders, located in ~/Mail directory - neither from other debian
> box with fetchmail nor from Win98 box with Netscape. I couldn't find
> any info about required further configuration of imap...
> How to make my mail folders visible?
> In Netscape I can see only "~" and "INBOX" folders which in fact do not
> exist...
Well, the answer was RTFM of course. Quoting from README.Debian:
Comments regarding the Package
Here are some known issues.
1. Default mailbox location
Is now $HOME/mail in accord with Debian policy. If you don't want this you
can recompile the package to something more to your liking. Here's how.
MAKE
SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. Neither Debian nor I have any
responsibility if things go wrong.
I've changed my folders location to ~/mail, and now imap works fine.
Anyway I'll need to recompile it to enable the IMAP-GSS ;-).
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