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Re: Where is the system mailbox set?

2005-11-04 06:34:49
James Pattinson:

both /etc/procmail and ~/.procmail have MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir/ and I

Not related to your error, but your $MAILDIR should not end in a slash.

Setting MAILDIR is the procmail chdir command.

   MAILDIR = "$HOME/Maildir"

If it is set in /etc/procmailrc (you forgot the 'rc'?),
there is no need to set it again in ~/.procmailrc
(unless you use the ~/.procmailrc on the command-line of formail of
course)


To have delivery to your 'maildir'-type folder (that you called
Maildir),
you can use this:

  DEFAULT = "$MAILDIR/"

(so with the backslash)

but that would cause any maildir folder like "$HOME/Maildir/spam/" to be
next
to the internal folders cur, new and tmp of the maildr folder
"$HOME/Maildir/",
so better would be something like

  DEFAULT = "$MAILDIR/INBOX/"



Aaargh: $MAILDIR, Maildir/ and 'maildir' in one message.

-- 
Grtz, Ruud


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