On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 04:26:21AM EST, Jack Bertram wrote: > * David Yitzchak Cohen <lists+mutt_users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [040212 07:31]: > > On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:12:27PM EST, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote: > > 5) IMAPd must recognize that you're viewing the inbox, and move everything > > from /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME in when new mail arrives :-) > > > > As it turns out, procmail was happily > > delivering my mail to /var/spool/mail/dave, but imapd never realized I was > > trying to access my inbox when I went to imap://mail.dave.tj/Mail/INBOX, > > so it didn't bother to move my new mail into there from the spool. > > Why don't you get procmail to deliver your mail to /home/dave/Mail/INBOX > rather than /var/spool/mail/dave? No need for symlinks, no need to visit > imap://mail.dave.tj/INBOX at all. If I have to, I will. I always prefer not to change the default behavior of other programs when at all possible, though, since it reduces my maintenance headaches later, and leaves more options open if I ever decide to switch MDAs again. I'm just wondering what WU-IMAPd doesn't like about my symlink :-( Thanks for the suggestion, anyway, - Dave -- Uncle Cosmo, why do they call this a word processor? It's simple, Skyler. You've seen what food processors do to food, right? Please visit this link: http://rotter.net/israel
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