mutt and exim on debian

[Thomas Stivers]

Well I didn't change anything in either config file aside from putting in
my domain name and the like. The $MAIL variable is set correctly and the
permitions for mailboxes are 0660 and they are owned by the users and the
group mail. Maybe I need to add myself to the mail group, but i wouldn't
think so.

On a good note I did get speakfreely for windows working, and as is the
case with so many windows programs it resumed functioning with no changes
to the settings and I still don't know why. Oh well... *smile*
--
Thomas Stivers
stivers_t at mail.utexas.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul at asmodean.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: mutt and exim on debian


> Are you using the default settings of mutt and exim?
>
> when you set up mutt did you change anything?  there should be a
> setting such as set spoolfile="/var/mail/xxx" where xxx is the name of
> the mailbox.
>
> mutt by default will use the variable $MAIL to read from that spool.  so
> to see what $MAIL is do: 'echo $MAIL' and see what it is set to.  If it
> is different than where you mail is then you will have to either change
> muttrc with the correct value or just set the  $MAIL variable to the
> correct setting.  remember that Debian stores it's mail spool in
> /var/mail, and not /var/spool/mail however a simlink is provided for
> backward compatibility.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Thomas Stivers said
> the following on Mon, May 13, 2002 at 11:49:25AM -0500:
> > They are both on the same box. Sorry I didn't make this more clear. I
> > simply get the message that my mailbox is not a mailbox. I can use
less to
> > look at the mailbox and there are definitely messages in it.
> > --
> > Thomas Stivers
> > stivers_t at mail.utexas.edu
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul at asmodean.net>
> > To: "speakup list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:54 AM
> > Subject: Re: mutt and exim on debian
> >
> >
> > > Can you be more specific?  Are you using mutt locally on the box
where
> > > exim is? or are you using mutt from another box and retrieving you
mail
> > > from the pop3 features of mutt?
> > >
> > > I have debian testing with mutt and exim locally here and it all
works
> > > fine using /var/mail/mailboxname
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thomas Stivers said the following on Mon, May 13, 2002 at
> > 07:31:01AM -0500:
> > > > Does anyone know why I get a /var/mail/xxxx is not a mailbox when
I
> > use
> > > > mutt to check mail? I use exim on debian/testing and as far as I
can
> > tell
> > > > it should work. Alternatively where can I get the pine package for
> > debian?
> > > > Thanks
> > > > --
> > > > Thomas Stivers
> > > > stivers_t at mail.utexas.edu
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a
procedure
> > can
> > > go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way will promptly
develop.
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> If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure
can
> go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way will promptly develop.
> Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net
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