Paul M Foster wrote: > On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 09:29:02AM -0500, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Paul M Foster wrote: > > > After using claws-mail for a number of years, I'm testing the idea of > > > going > > > back to mutt and fetchmail. One problem I've encountered is how to get > > > local mail in /var/mail/paulf into mutt's inbox at /home/paulf/Mail/in. > > > > > > I could run a POP server, and have fetchmail query it like any other > > > smarthost, but I'd rather not add another daemon. Does anyone know a way > > > to > > > have mutt and/or fetchmail grab mail from /var/mail/paulf to > > > /home/paulf/Mail/in? > > > > Options: > > > > 1. tell mutt your spool is /var/mail/paulf: > > > > set spoolfile="/var/mail/paulf" > > This would be okay if all my mail was delivered to that spool file, but it > isn't. Fetchmail hands off (internet) mail to maildrop, which puts in my > spool file at /home/paulf/Mail/in. That's where mutt thinks my spool file > is. Only mail generated by the system or cron jobs is delivered to > /var/mail/paulf. And I'd like that mail to end up instead in > /home/paulf/Mail/in.
That's easy, then. Have your system mail handled by maildrop as well. Your system is most likely running exim or postfix; either one can invoke maildrop as a local delivery agent, which will then read your .mailfilter and obey it. -dsr-
