On 12/10/2020 11:58 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 10 December 2020 19:48:41 CET, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 12/10/2020 11:21 AM, Jack wrote: >>> On 2020.12.10 13:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>>> When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: >>>> >>>> The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a >>>> different directory. >>>> >>>> drwxrwsr-t 2 root mail 4096 Dec 10 10:56 mail >>>> >>>> Why Thunderbird can not read that directory? >>> Are you running TBird as root? Are you sure you don't want one lower >>> level directory, such as /var/spool/mail/root or something like that? >> >> No, I run TBird as user. >> On my other system the running TBird, as user, I can access >> /var/spool/mail dir. >> But on my main system I get an error: >> >> The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a >> different directory. >> >> I check directory permission and they look OK. > > Are you in the "mail" group? > > -- > Joost
That was it. Now I can access the /var/spool/mail from TBird I'm running Posfix and in main.cf I left as default: home_mailbox = .maildir/ So all the local mail (from emerge would go to this folder), I tired as root send myself and email: "mailto root" the mail went to my home folder .maildir but TBird can not read it. It complains: "Unable to locate mail spool file"
