On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 09:43:15PM -0300, Andre Costa wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:09:29 -0700 > Richard E Miles <r.godzilla@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I've been using sylpheed mail program and would like to read from my > > local user mailbox. i.e. /var/spool/mail/rmiles. I set up the account > > as instructed to use None (local). I used fetchmail to download my > > mail from my isp. But I can't figure out how to read from my mailmox. > > Can a syplheed guru tell me how the get mail for rmiles? > > Thanks > > I use sylpheed too to read emails downloaded with fetchmail. I did > exactly what you described to configure my installation, so it's weird > you're not being able to read email. What exactly happens? Have you > checked the"Receive" tab on the preferences dialog? (spool settings > should match yours, and"Incorporate from spool" must be activated). Are > you sure fetchmail is delivering messages locally to the right place > (/var/spool/mail)? Can you list emails after they're downloaded > with'mail' console app? Play with a dummy local account... In sylpheed check the tab configuration --> common preferences. On that window look under the Receive tab and inspect the spool dir. Click incorp from spool... The default was not correct and when I changed it to /var/mail I saw my localhost delivered incoming mail. The clue for me was seen in this trace file. strace -f -o/tmp/trace-sys sylpheed I guess you can also use 'inc' to pull it in. Set it on the same screen. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Just say no to 74LS73 in 2004
