Re: mutt configuration: problem with getting mail
Some more info:
I found out that all my mails were sitting in the file /var/mail/arvind,
realised that exim had by default set
"Delivery method for local mail:"
to
"mbox format in /var/mail/".
I changed it to
"Maildir format in home directory".
Not sure if that was the cause of the problem but still i am left with the old
417 messages, updating getmail again claims to deliver nearly 600 messages, but
they are not anywhere in ~/mail/inbox.
Arvind
ps: My localhost is behind a firewall. The firewall is
'manju.mbu.iisc.ernet.in', the localhost is 'orion.mbu.iisc.ernet.in'. I am
attaching the file /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf below. Please point out if
there is anything wrong with exim configuration.
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# /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
#
# Edit this file and /etc/mailname by hand and execute update-exim4.conf
# yourself or use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'
#
# Please note that this is _not_ a dpkg-conffile and that automatic changes
# to this file might happen. The code handling this will honor your local
# changes, so this is usually fine, but will break local schemes that mess
# around with multiple versions of the file.
#
# update-exim4.conf uses this file to determine variable values to replace
# the DEBCONFsomethingDEBCONF strings in the configuration template files.
#
# Most settings found in here do have corresponding questions in the
# Debconf configuration, but not all of them.
#
# This is a Debian specific file
dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost'
dc_other_hostnames='manju.mbu.iisc.ernet.in'
dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1'
dc_readhost='orion.mbu.iisc.ernet.in'
dc_relay_domains=''
dc_minimaldns='false'
dc_relay_nets=''
dc_smarthost='mbu.iisc.ernet.in'
CFILEMODE='644'
dc_use_split_config='true'
dc_hide_mailname='true'
dc_mailname_in_oh='true'
dc_localdelivery='maildir_home'
> Following is my .procmailrc, if that is any help
> -----------------------------------------------
> MAILDIR=$HOME/mail/
> LOGFILE=$HOME/.procmaillog
> VERBOSE=no
> :0
> inbox/
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> And this is my ~/.procmaillog
> -----------------------------------------------
> From noreply.5782825439357805379=arvind=mbu.iisc.ernet.in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tue
> Jun
> 19 15:01:19 2007
> Subject: orkut - Invitation to join from aditi kanhere
> Folder: inbox/new/1182245479.16098_0.orion 3088
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> The message mentioned in the .procmaillog is the 417th mail message. Does all
> this give any hint to the experienced guys? I'm clueless )-:
>
> Arvind
>
>
>> On 9/11/07, Kumar Appaiah <akumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think getmail marks messages as read once you receive them. In fact,
>>> it may so have happened that of your 582 messages, only 417 were new
>>> (unread), but getmail's claim to have delivered everything beats me.
>>
>> The OP's getmailrc calls procmail. Does .procmailrc contain the
>> standard recipe for deleting duplicates?
>>
>> Checking that (and your procmail log, if you're using one) will be helpful.
>>
>> Breen
>>
>> --
>> Breen Mullins
>> Menlo Park, Calif.
>>
>> --
>> This message has been scanned for viruses and
>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
>> believed to be clean.
>>
>>
>
>
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believed to be clean.