Re: echo $MAIL

[ronin2]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 06:48:17 -0800
debian_newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello,
 
 I'm trying to learn Mutt. On the My First Mutt web site
 http://mutt.blackfish.org.uk/storage/it says that Mutt by default
 looks in the mailspool for mail. It then says to find your mailspool
 do this:
 
 echo $MAIL
 
 well, when I do that I get this:
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $MAIL
 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$


It looks like MAIL either doesn't exist or contains nothing.

Kevin


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Re: echo $MAIL

[Derrick 'dman' Hudson]

On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 06:48:17AM -0800, debian_newbie wrote:
| Hello,
| 
| I'm trying to learn Mutt.

Sounds like a plan.  It's a good MUA.

| On the My First Mutt web site
| http://mutt.blackfish.org.uk/storage/it says that Mutt by default
| looks in the mailspool for mail. It then says to find your mailspool
| do this:
| 
| echo $MAIL

I guess.  You can probably set that to override the default.  The
default (at least as compiled for debian) is one of /var/mail/$USER or
/var/spool/mail/$USER.  (it doesn't really matter -- one is a symlink
to the other)

| As you can see, i get nothing. Why is this?

The variable isn't set.

-D

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