Re: How to set thunderbird to work with localmail
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Tom Goulet wrote:
> On 3/22/08, Jabka Atu <mashrom.head@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hello,..
>>
>> How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail :
>> for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get
>> messages from there.
>>
>
> Hmm, it looks a little tricky, but
> http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq says that you can
> import Mbox files into Thunderbird.
>
> It says that you do it by copying an Mbox file to the "Mail/Local
> Folders" directory within your "profile directory".
>
> By the way, /var/mail/username files are Mbox files.
>
>
importing an mbox file only copies the contense of file will prevent
you from getting new mail.
> So you might end up running something like this:
>
> The shell command would end up looking something like this:
> cp /var/mail/username ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/blergh.default/Mail/Local\
Folders
>
>
I tried the above the problem is that by coping you stuck with what
was allrady in the file and if you get new mails you don't know about it .
*
*so i did a sym link :
ln -s /var/mail/jabka
/home/jabka/.mozilla-thunderbird/2i25fsli.default/Mail/Local\
Folders/jabkamail
or in more common way :
ln -s /var/mail/YOURUSERNAME
/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.mozilla-thunderbird/SOME_DIR.default/Mail/Local\
Folders/SOME_FILE_NAME *
*
The problem is that afaik to see the diffrence in incoming mails you
have to restart thunderbird (icedove).
> Then restart Thunderbird.
>
> Tom
>
>
Regards ,..
Jabka Atu || bsh83.blogspot.com
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