Re: mutt configuration: problem with getting mail
Another problem: when i again open my account in webmail, all of the latest of
the 582 mails which were unread are shown as 'read' after i had tried to receive
them in mutt. But as i said, i can't find them in my mutt inbox.
Arvind
> Hi all,
> i am new to mutt and am trying to configure it for the first time. I've tried
> setting up exim, getmail, procmail and mutt. When i send a mail, it reaches
> the
> destination alright, but i have problem receiving mails on my machine.
>
> Right now, there are 582 messages in my INBOX. When i try to invoke getmail
> using 'G' (as configured in my .muttrc), it shows
>
> msg 1/582 (71943 bytes) delivered
> .
> .
> .
>
> msg 581/582 (3410 bytes) delivered
> msg 582/582 (3411 bytes) delivered
>
> But when i check in my inbox, there are only 417 messages. They are not
> getting
> updated beyond that. If i do 'ls ~/mail/inbox/cur | wc -l' that again shows
> 417
> messages. Why are the other messages not being delivered?
>
> Thanks for your help
> Regards,
> Arvind
>
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>
> Following is my ~/.getmail/getmailrc
>
> [retriever]
> type = SimpleIMAPRetriever
> server = mbu.iisc.ernet.in
> username = arvind
> password = mailpassword
> move_on_delete = mail.deleted
>
> [destination]
> type = MDA_external
> path = /usr/bin/procmail
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> And following is my ~/.muttrc
>
> set realname="Arvind Marathe"
> set from="Arvind Marathe <arvind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
> set mbox_type=maildir
> set mbox="~/mail/inbox/"
> set spoolfile="~/mail/inbox/"
> set folder="~/mail/"
> set record="~/mail/sent/"
>
> set sort=threads
> set sort_aux=last-date-received
>
> set include=yes
>
> macro index G "!getmail\n" "Invoke getmail"
> macro pager G "!getmail\n" "Invoke getmail"
>
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>
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