On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Phillip Neumann wrote:
> Robert Ramiega wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 05:22:53PM +0000, Phillip Neumann wrote: > > > I just download balsa 0.4.5 and it dont want to configure itself. It > > > asks for an indox path, i put there /var/spool/mail/user , but balsa > > > > I'm yet to get my hands on balsa but maybe You should give it just > > /var/spool/mail (that is omit the user part; point it to directory where > > inboxes are stored. > > I have try /var/spool/mail too. Balsa said, invalid path too..... > What else can i try ?? You will have to create your inbox yourself, Balsa will not start unless you have a file for Inbox, Outbox, and Trash. This is kind of annoying IMO since I use IMAP and don't have a local Inbox. Anyways if mail is already setup on your box send a message to your local account and that *should* create a /var/spool/mail/<username> for you. If not as root try this. > /var/spool/mail/<username> chown <username>.mail /var/spool/mail/<username> chmod 660 /var/spool/mail/<username> mike...