Re: mutt procmail NEWBIE

[frans@vizatti.com]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 03:11:06PM +0100, Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
[...]

> >However able to get the mail delivered where I want to, Mutt
> >complains that the destination box (spoolfile) is not a mail
> >box. I don't have a clue as to where I must look. 
> 
> This was snipped from your .muttrc
> 
>     set mbox_type = Maildir
......
>     set mbox_type = mbox
>
> or append a slash to the delivery destiantion of your procmail
> recipes so that they read e.g.
>
>       :0:
>       * ^To: .*@vizatti.inet
>       $MAILDIR/marlies/
>                    ^
>
> Note the final slash. This will make procmail deliver to
> maildir mailboxes This requires procmail >3.15

Pooking around in the dark. But setting the mbox_type = mbox does not fix mutt reading problem?
Thanks for the insight though.

.....
> ># I was hoping to get the below working. That way I do not have to invoke
> >fetchmail
> >#account-hook . 'unset pop_user; unset pop_pass'
> >#account-hook pop://username@domain:Password@mail.domain.com (the
> >username@domain is mandatory for retreving mail)
> >#account-hook pop://username:Password@pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
............
> I don't use the POP3 support in Mutt but the manual includes
> some documentation on it where some of the priciples also apply
> to IMAP, try to read it. F1 should give you access to the manual.

I wouldn't dare post without glimpsing the docs.... Mutt will not accept MY syntax. It could be that the pop_host needs to be specified elsewhere 

> "A no smoking section in a resturant is like having a no peeing
> section in a swimming pool."                 (from /. posting)
LOL