Re: procmail with mutt
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 02:00:44PM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Jeff Macdonald <jmacdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think I know what is going on here. All this has been said in previous
> > messages.
> >
> > 1) /var/mail/$LOGNAME was a directory, not a file
> > 2) procmail creates the msg.XXX files because the mailbox is actually a
> > directory, not a file (someone else mentioned this)
> > 3) this results in a non-supported mailbox format
> >
> > To fix:
> >
> > A) decide on a mailbox format
> >
> > maildir
> > 1) make sure /var/mail/$LOGNAME is a directory or doesn't exist
>
> No, not just a directory -- a maildir, with "cur", "new", and "tmp"
> subdirectories. I don't think procmail will create a missing maildir either,
> but I could be wrong -- I don't use procmail, partly because its maildir
> support was horribly broken for so long.
I've never had to create cur, new or tmp. I've been using procmail with maildir
for over a year with no issues.
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