On Friday 07 November 2003 06:04 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 07 Nov 2003 11:09 am, kat wrote: > > I did a fresh install of Mandrake 9.2 and have had no problems until now. > > > > I installed 'Fetchyahoo' last night, and when it asks for the spool path > > (usually '/var/spool/mail/username') I put that in. However it said > > 'path not found,' and sure enough, it's not there. > > > > I use Kmail which set up my inbox, etc path in my home directory. Is > > that where the spool would be? Sorry to sound so idiotic. > > > > TIA, > > > > Kat > > /var/spool/mail/username is where a mail server such as Postfix would put > mail for that account by default. I think if you tell Fetchyahoo to put the > mails directly in your KMail mail file it will work OK, but the mails will > not be highlighted as 'new mail' (Try it and see) > > You could always tell Fetchyahoo to put the mails in > /var/spool/mail/username (create the file first with 'username' as the > owner), and then define a new account in Kmail to look at the 'Local > Mailbox' > KMail>Settings>ConfigureKmail>Network>Receiving>Add > > derek
Thanks, Derek, it worked. I set up a new file in the /var/spool/mail directory and configured kmail to retrieve the mail from the local mailbox. Now I can fetch mail from Yahoo without having to log in via the web. Kat
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