Re: procmail with mutt

[Gerald Britton <gerald.britton@xxxxxxxxx>]

I tried all four mutt types (mbox, maildir, mh and mmdf.  All fail. 
I'm going to post this on the mutt list as well, to seek further
guidance

On 1/13/06, Ruud H.G. van Tol <rvtol@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gerald Britton schreef:
>
> > $ cat /etc/procmailrc
>
> Insert a
>
>   DROPPRIVS = 'yes'
>
> here, because without it, the mbox is created wrongly.
> See `man procmailrc`.
>
> > # Use mbox-style mailbox in FHS standard directory
> > DEFAULT=/var/mail/$LOGNAME
> > LOGFILE=$HOME/procmail
>
>   DEFAULT = "/var/mail/$LOGNAME"
>   LOGFILE = "$HOME/procmail"
>
>
> > I also have my userid set up as a directory under /var/mail/.
> > However, when I send myself an E-mail, I get something like this:
> >
> > $ ls /var/mail/me/
> > msg.7QdS  msg.ChmU  msg.MSbU  msg.V_WF  msg.amXT  msg.ikDB  msg.sXSF
> > msg.sXbU  msg.uWtL  msg.wWtL  msg.x3cS
>
> Remove that 'me/' directory and let procmail re-create it.
>
>
> If you want maildir-type delivery, append a slash to $DEFAULT:
>
>   DEFAULT = "/var/mail/$LOGNAME/"
>
> This will make procmail create (and use) me/new, me/tmp, me/cur.
>
>
> > If I try to read this with mutt, like this
> >
> >   mutt -f /var/mail/me -m mbox
> >
> > I get the message from mutt:
> >
> > /var/mail/me/ is not a mailbox.
> >
> > Does anyone know what's going on
>
> You were using the wrong "mbox_type". Because you pre-created a
> directory, procmail had to switch to MH-type.
>
>
> Either use maildir:
>
>    mutt -f /var/mail/me -m Maildir
>
> or remove the me/ directory and use mbox:
>
>    mutt -f /var/mail/me
>
> or use the current MH-mode:
>
>    mutt -f /var/mail/me -m MH
>
> --
> Grtz, Ruud
>
>
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