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Re: ~/Mail/* Not a directory Error



Hi, Thanks for your reply. Adding set spoolfile="$HOME/Mail"
worked. I new I was leaving something out of my muttrc file but
couldnt think of what it was. Thanks.

On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 10:19:14AM +0200, Christoph Berg wrote:
> Re: Bryan Cassidy in <20040502194544.GA1401@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sometimes when I run fetchmail and go to one of my mailboxes I
> > get a error at the bottom of mutt saying "/home/usr/Mail/Default
> > is not a directory and have to 'q' the program, reload it and it
> > works fine. Any ideas why this would be happening? Thanks in
> > advance.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> is "/home/usr/Mail/Default" your $spoolfile? ("usr" sounds rather
> generic.) If yes, I'd suppose it is sometimes empty/non-existing (maybe
> perhaps due to $save_empty). If you are using maildir, check if the cur,
> new, and tmp directories all exist.
> 
> Christoph
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