Re: How do you read sylpheed local mail?

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> 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 7

Thanks Tom. I solved the problem by chnaging the spool direcory for /var/mail to
/var/spool/mail in the common preferences.
-- 
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097



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