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Re: mutt procmail NEWBIE



> > >  mda '/usr/bin/procmail'
> > > 
> > 
> > I also had the mda line as well in my .muttrc, I think this may have
> > been the culprit causing the error with the mailbox not being recognized
> > as being a mailbox, don't know for sure, but it's not commented out
> > and seems to work fine.
> 
> Now I'm not sure; You use this in your .muttrc? or in your .muttrc AND your .fetchmailrc?
>  
>  

No, neither. seems to work without the mda line. not required


> > > ############################################################
> > > .procmailrc #Cleaned it up a bit
> > > #############
> > > 	MAILDIR=/home/snotty/Mail      #you'd better make sure it exists
> > > 	DEFAULT=${MAILDIR}/inbox   #completely optional
> > > 	LOGFILE=${MAILDIR}/procmail.log   #recommended
> > > 	SCHADUW=${MAILDIR}/schaduw 	
> > > 	
> > 
> > I'm not to sure about the braces surrounding the MAILDIR above, I
> > don't have those in my .procmailrc
> 
> Those are optional I guess:-). They come from a link of www.procmail.org
> But then again they don't help either.
> 
> > > set mbox_type = Maildir
> I fixed this after reading from Morten Bo Johansen that this should be mbox (well; easy way should be).
> 
> > > mailboxes !
> > > #mailboxes /var/mail/snotty
> > > #mailboxes /home/snotty/mail/inbox
> > > mailboxes /home/snotty/Mail/read
> > > #mailboxes /home/snotty/Mail/procmail.log
> > 
> > /home/snotty/Mail/procmail.log is not a mail box, you can remove
> > this
> 
> Commenting out does not work? 
> 
> 
Sure, just an unnecessary line 

jerry



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