Am 2005-04-07 17:22:06, schrieb Erik Jakobsen:
> I have that path:
>
> erikja@lajka3:/> ls -al /var/mail/erikja/
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 2005-03-31 13:36 .
> drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 72 2005-03-31 13:36 ..
>
> Perhaps its a matter of permission ?. I can see, that its root:root that
> has the owenership.
An empty Directory ?
Become root and delete it.
"/var/mail/erikja" should be a file.
> >1. Most common solution: configure the "fetchmail" program to download
> > your mail automatically from POP3 servers every x minutes, storing it
> > into /var/mail/<username> where mutt can find it.
> I'm not very familiar with fetchmail.
apt-get install fetchmai procmail
man fetchmail
__( '/etc/fetchmailrc' )______________________________________________
/
| ####################################################################
| # Global
| ####################################################################
| set no bouncemail
| set postmaster blubber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| set invisible
|
| ####################################################################
| # Defaults
| ####################################################################
| defaults:
| antispam -1
| batchlimit 10
| warnings 300
| fetchall
| expunge 1
| mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T"
| dropstatus
|
| poll <your-isp-server-here> proto <pop3|imap>
| user <your_account> pass <your_secret> is <your_local_account> here
\______________________________________________________________________
> Ok, I will read about fetchmail.
OK
> Where can I find where its specified ?.
~/.bashrc
MAIL=$HOME/Mail/
> Erik
Greetings
Michelle
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