Re: procmail with mutt

Gerald Britton schreef:

> $ cat /etc/procmailrc
Insert a

  DROPPRIVS = 'yes'

here, because without it, the mbox is created wrongly.
See `man procmailrc`.

> # Use mbox-style mailbox in FHS standard directory
> DEFAULT=/var/mail/$LOGNAME
> LOGFILE=$HOME/procmail
  DEFAULT = "/var/mail/$LOGNAME"
  LOGFILE = "$HOME/procmail"


> I also have my userid set up as a directory under /var/mail/.
> However, when I send myself an E-mail, I get something like this:
>
> $ ls /var/mail/me/
> msg.7QdS  msg.ChmU  msg.MSbU  msg.V_WF  msg.amXT  msg.ikDB  msg.sXSF
> msg.sXbU  msg.uWtL  msg.wWtL  msg.x3cS
Remove that 'me/' directory and let procmail re-create it.


If you want maildir-type delivery, append a slash to $DEFAULT:

  DEFAULT = "/var/mail/$LOGNAME/"

This will make procmail create (and use) me/new, me/tmp, me/cur.


> If I try to read this with mutt, like this
>
>   mutt -f /var/mail/me -m mbox
>
> I get the message from mutt:
>
> /var/mail/me/ is not a mailbox.
>
> Does anyone know what's going on
You were using the wrong "mbox_type". Because you pre-created a
directory, procmail had to switch to MH-type.


Either use maildir:

   mutt -f /var/mail/me -m Maildir

or remove the me/ directory and use mbox:

   mutt -f /var/mail/me

or use the current MH-mode:

   mutt -f /var/mail/me -m MH

-- 
Grtz, Ruud


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