Default Mailbox problem
Hello everybody! I've got very little experience in Mutt and I've got a problem. When Mutt starts it automaticly open /var/spool/mail/peterdob. I've set the mbox variable to "~/mail/Inbox". I want Mutt to open ~/mail/Inbox by default and store the new messages there (to move them from /var/spool/mail/peterdob). Is this possible and how? Thank you! Best Wishes, Peter!
Re: Default Mailbox problem
Hallo Peter, try procmail. You will have to create a file ~/.procmailrc with the following content: # ~/.procmailrc PATH=/bin:/usr/bin MAILDIR=$HOME/mail DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/Inbox LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/log Greetings, Frank On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 11:50:46AM -0200, Peter Dobrev wrote: When Mutt starts it automaticly open /var/spool/mail/peterdob. I've set the mbox variable to "~/mail/Inbox". I want Mutt to open ~/mail/Inbox by default and store the new messages there (to move them from /var/spool/mail/peterdob). -- Hi! I'm the infamous .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
Re: Default Mailbox problem
Hi, Frank Naumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote -- try procmail. You will have to create a file ~/.procmailrc with the [snip -- useful .procmailrc info] On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 11:50:46AM -0200, Peter Dobrev wrote: When Mutt starts it automaticly open /var/spool/mail/peterdob. I've set the mbox variable to "~/mail/Inbox". I want Mutt to open ~/mail/Inbox by default and store the new messages there (to move them from /var/spool/mail/peterdob). Procmail will take care of saving messages in different inbox for you. To make that the default spool mailbox for mutt, you will have to set the "spoolfile" variable instead of "mbox" variable like: set spoolfile=+Inbox BTW, for the correct expansion of "+" to "~/mail", you will also have to set the folder variable to "~/mail" like: set folder="~/mail" That, with procmail, would be what the doctor ordered. Regards, Abhay. -- Abhay Ghaisas / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Motorola India Electronics Ltd., Bangalore, India.
Re: Default Mailbox problem
Hi, On Thu, Dec 28, 2000, Frank Naumann wrote: Hallo Peter, try procmail. You will have to create a file ~/.procmailrc with the following content: # ~/.procmailrc PATH=/bin:/usr/bin MAILDIR=$HOME/mail DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/Inbox LOGFILE=$MAILDIR/log Greetings, Frank On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 11:50:46AM -0200, Peter Dobrev wrote: When Mutt starts it automaticly open /var/spool/mail/peterdob. I've set the mbox variable to "~/mail/Inbox". I want Mutt to open ~/mail/Inbox by default and store the new messages there (to move them from /var/spool/mail/peterdob). You forgot to mention, that you have to create a file ~/.forward with the contents (yust this one line): |procmail Your MTA (sendmail etc.) reads this file and (in this case) pipes the mail through procmail. Ciao for now, Dirk -- Dirk Ruediger, Rostock, Germany Going to church does not make a person religious, nor does going to school make a person educated, any more than going to a garage makes a person a car.
Re: Default Mailbox problem
Hello Dirk, sorry. I forgot to explain, that i use fetchmail to poll from a foreign pop server. If so, you do not need ~/.forward. Greetings, Frank On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 01:03:38PM +0100, Dirk Ruediger wrote: You forgot to mention, that you have to create a file ~/.forward with the contents (yust this one line): |procmail -- Hi! I'm the infamous .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
