Bennett Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> And a helpful tip for converting Maildir folders for mbox: use the
> formail utility that accompanies procmail.
Since this is the Mutt list, I am surprised that you didn't suggest
using Mutt! Simply open the maildir folder, make sure mbox_type is set
1999-05-10-19:09:27 David DeSimone:
> Bennett Todd:
> > And a helpful tip for converting Maildir folders for mbox: use the
> > formail utility that accompanies procmail.
>
> Since this is the Mutt list, I am surprised that you didn't suggest
> using Mutt! Simply open the maildir folder, make su
> > 2. set folder=~/Maildir # where i keep my mailboxes
> > what to be in this case?
>
Starting mutt I get an error message:
/home/attila/Maildir is not a mailbox
In this case Maildir is a normal directory and it is empty( no mail yet )
Thanks
Attila
Attila Csosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> /home/attila/Maildir is not a mailbox
>
> In this case Maildir is a normal directory and it is empty( no mail yet )
An empty directory is not a mailbox.
An empty maildir has a "cur", "new", and "tmp" directory in it, all
empty.
An empty mbox is a zer
Attila Csosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I remove from my .procmailrc the trailing '/', so I get
> .
> folder1
>
Do you have a MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir line in your .procmailrc, to tell
procmail the location of folder1?
> Should Iset up the folder variable to?:
> set folder=~/Maildir/fo
No...
I'd like to use mbox, not Maildir format.
I comment out the mbox_type line:
# set mbox_type=Maildir
I have procmail rules, like
folder1/
.
folder2/
...
I remove from my .procmailrc the trailing '/', so I get
.
folder1
I have in my Maildir named directory( normal dir
On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 01:49:23PM +0200, Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
> BTW, I've never had a mailfile corrupted with mbox even if
> at times some of them have been from 5-10 mb.
I can second that.
I've had a mbox format mailbox that was 4G - 99% of which was a
sparse file of all zeros. (One of o
Quoting Leon Breedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Attila Csosz spake thus:
>
> > I'd like to change from Maildir to mbox. What should I do?
> don't do it! maildir is infinitely better :)
If you're on a standalone system what are the advantages
then ? I tried the maildir format for a while and opening
Attila Csosz spake thus:
> I'd like to change from Maildir to mbox. What should I do?
don't do it! maildir is infinitely better :)
> using exim: what to be this in this case?
i use exim, without any special sendmail= option.
-leon
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1999-05-09-19:09:11 Attila Csosz:
> I'd like to change from Maildir to mbox. What should I do?
If you want to make that change, well, OK. I'm very glad to have changed in
the other direction.
> 1. Which type of mbox_type should I set?
Just comment out the mbox_type line; the default is mbox. Th
I'd like to change from Maildir to mbox. What should I do?
1. Which type of mbox_type should I set?
2. set folder=~/Maildir # where i keep my mailboxes
what to be in this case?
3. set sendmail="/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject" # how to deliver mail
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