On Saturday 01 December 2001 09:50 am, Hank Marquardt wrote: > This is an unstable box, brand new user, no garbage or baggage to mung > things up -- fire up kmail, it does it's configuration for first time > use -- fine, now there's an address book and Mail directory. I went to > Configure KMail -> Network "added" the local mailbox as /var/mail/$user > told it to use mutt dotlocks, turned on interval checking and saved ... > > Tell it to check mail, nothing ... pull down the menu for "Check mail > here" and select the local name... nothing. There is mail, I've sent > it, I get the shell 'New mail in /var/mail/$user' on shell login. >
Hank: I also had issues with local mail, and my own experience is lame so I checked each one individually. Firstly, my mail lives in: /var/spool/mail/jaye That might be an issue for you too. Next, all the mail chks failed except: Mutt dotlock (privileged) The (recommended) didn't work here on my Testing Woody box. hth tatah -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls\/A GNU-Debian linux user\/ http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. I SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom!