> 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
