Re: Sendmail, Mutt configuration
cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson) writes:
> "Debiandomain" <neutec@debiandomain.com> wrote:
> >I just install sendmail on frozen then I installed mutt. I can send mail
> >with now problems, but when I try to receive mail using fetchmail I see that
> >it downloads it from my ISP but when I run mutt there is no mail. The first
> >time I ran mutt it could find my mail box /var/spool/mail/$USER so I tried
> >'touch /var/spool/mail/$USER' and now mutt will open with no complaints. But
> >I still have now mail and I know there should be mail. I have had this
> >problem in the past and somehow got it working by removing and reinstalling
> >mutt. Then mutt will ask if I would like for it to create my mailbox. This
> >time I cant seem to get it to do it. Is there some special way to install
> >mutt?
>
> If there is no mail coming into that mailbox, then the problem has
> nothing to do with mutt! mutt only reads the stuff. Check the delivery
> parts of your sendmail configuration. Check that mail isn't actually
> arriving somewhere like ~/Mail/inbox or ~/mail/inbox instead (and if it
> is then you might prefer to leave it that way).
Also, I'd suggest running fetchmail manually with "-v" (verbose)
option. A lot of times you've got sendmail set up to exclude
localhost, which is where fetchmail tries to deliver email by
default. With the -v flag fetchmail will tell you that mail is being
rejected by the MTA.
Gary
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