Re: open other's maildir folders

[David Champion <dgc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* On 2003.10.24, in <NDBBKMPICKPFJNFCPEHFCENIFCAA.mscott@xxxxxxxx>,
*       "Mike Scott" <mscott@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 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

Mutt doesn't support any shorthand notation for reaching other users'
mailboxes. You need to use the full path.

# mutt -f /var/spool/maildir/spambin

or 

# cd /var/spool/maildir
# mutt -f spambin

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