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(a)comcast.net> 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.
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