On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 03:58:51PM +0000, john gennard wrote: > I've been using Debian since Slink days, but I'm now 81 and had a > stroke some 30 months ago which has done severe damage to my brain. > > Have just built a new box and put Debian 6.04 on it. There are a > number of problems with the installation and I'm working through > them one at a time. I'm unable to get my email working and this is > confusing me greatly. I use getmail (this is OK), nullmailer (which > should be fine) and Mutt which is the headache.. I've used this > combination on all previous
You get your mail with getmail then filter into mailboxes? Do you use procmail or maildrop or something else. Example: ======== I use fetchmail: fetchmail -m "/usr/bin/maildrop" That tells fetchmail to use the mail delivery agent maildrop In .mailfilter (maildrop's config file), I have something like this: (Note the slash after the directory name e.g. IN-dunlug/) ^ This tells maildrop it is a maildir, no slash and it would be mbox (see below on directory structure) ## DEFAULT=$HOME/Mail/IN-Personal if (/^List-ID:.*<dunlug\.lists\.ethernal\.org>$/) { to "$HOME/Mail/IN-dunlug/" } if (/^List-Id:.*<debian-user\.lists\.debian\.org>$/) { to "$HOME/Mail/IN-debian-user/" } if (/^List-ID:.*<fvwm\.fvwm\.org>$/) { to "$HOME/Mail/IN-fvwm/" } if (/^List-Id:.*netbsd-users\.NetBSD\.org$/) { to "$HOME/Mail/IN-Netbsd/" } ## In the .muttrc (sample) ## set folder=$HOME/Mail/ set spoolfile=$HOME/Mail/IN-Personal/ mailboxes =IN-Personal =IN-debian-user =IN-dunlug =IN-fvwm \ =IN-Netbsd ## directory structure =================== ls -al /home/chrisb/Mail drwx------ 13 chrisb chrisb 4096 Mar 12 00:04 . drwxr-xr-x 68 chrisb chrisb 12288 Mar 17 22:36 .. drwx------ 5 chrisb chrisb 4096 Jan 25 18:26 IN-Netbsd drwx------ 5 chrisb chrisb 4096 Jan 25 18:20 IN-Personal drwx------ 5 chrisb chrisb 4096 Mar 8 04:36 IN-fvwm drwx------ 5 chrisb chrisb 4096 Jan 25 18:21 IN-debian-user drwx------ 5 chrisb chrisb 4096 Jan 25 18:23 IN-dunlug ls -al /home/chrisb/Mail/IN-Netbsd total 28 drwx------ 5 chrisb chrisb 4096 Jan 25 18:26 . drwx------ 13 chrisb chrisb 4096 Mar 12 00:04 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 chrisb chrisb 4096 Mar 14 19:31 cur drwxr-xr-x 2 chrisb chrisb 12288 Mar 17 22:36 new drwxr-xr-x 2 chrisb chrisb 4096 Mar 17 22:36 tmp You need to set up the directory structure for each maildir mailbox. Does this bring back any memories? Don't hesitate to post back for any clarifications or whatever. -- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120317135216.GA11357@tal