Re: open other's maildir folders
* Mike Scott <mscott@xxxxxxxx> [10-24-03 14:04]:
>
> I've been surfing for hours to no avail. My MTA is Exim, using
> maildir format. Mail is kept in one main parent directory, not in
> user's home directories (more common??). The mail store is
> /var/spool/maildir/[user]
>
> I just installed Mutt 1.4.1i. What I need to do is work with the
> "mailbox" for user spambin, while logged in as root.
>
> I've tried:
> MAIL=/var/spool/maildir/root
> MAILDIR=/var/spool/maildir/root
> # mutt -m Maildir -f spambin
>
> and:
> MAIL=/var/spool/maildir/spambin
> MAILDIR=/var/spool/maildir/spambin
> # mutt -m Maildir -f spambin
>
> Mutt exits with the error "spambin: No such file or directory (errno
> = 2)". 'spambin' already has mail (you can guess) and Exim has
> created the appropriate dirs (cur, new, tmp) within
> /var/spool/maildir/spambin.
Try giving the full pathname to spambin, /var/spool/maildir/spambin.
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