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jlawrence
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 Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject: postfix & mutt |
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I create a working install of postfix - I think, though I now have the problem that when i open mutt to test it, I get the message
| Code: | | /home/jlawrence/.maildir/ is not a mailbox |
the DIR does exist...it just won't see it as a mail box. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! |
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neilhwatson
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That's because it isn't it mailbox it is a maildir. I think you need to tell mutt to read maildir instead. Can any maildir users confirm?
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jlawrence
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, all the other users confirm that they get the same message. How do I get mutt to read a maildir? |
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PietjePuk66
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Does your maildir actually have something in it (you should have directories 'cur' and 'new' and such in it)? If not, check that your main.cf has 'home_mailbox = .maildir/' in it. You might need to send a test email to your account to create the proper dirs. Check that a file containing your message actually appears somewhere in your ~/.maildir tree.
If the postfix stuff seems ok, you should probably post your ~/.muttrc here. I think it should work by default (my muttrc doesn't have anything in it to tell mutt where to look for mail and it works). Mutt should automatically detect the mailbox format:
| Quote: | > How will I change mutt settings to begin using maildir.
To read existing maildirs, no change necessary, mutt recognizes folder type automatically. If you want to make it create maildirs by default when creating new folders, rather than the default of mboxes, that would be
set mbox_type="Maildir"
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jlawrence
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, my maildir has nothing in it, and it was created by mutt.
there is no file that exists as ~/.muttrc , though it seems that the config is in /etc/mutt/Muttrc That file looks like:
| Code: | set mbox_type=Maildir
set folder=~/.maildir
set spoolfile=~/.maildir/
set record=~/.maildir-sent/
set move=no
set index_format="%4C %Z %{%b %d} %-16.16L %s" |
I tried sending a message to myself (my username is jlawrence) and it was
my host name is 'jonlawrence' so I also tried | Code: | | To: jlawrence@jonlawrence |
and still nothing. |
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rtn
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:36 am Post subject: Re: postfix & mutt |
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| jlawrence wrote: | I create a working install of postfix - I think, though I now have the problem that when i open mutt to test it, I get the message
| Code: | | /home/jlawrence/.maildir/ is not a mailbox |
the DIR does exist...it just won't see it as a mail box. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! |
Once that user receives an email, that message will go away. I can
duplicate that problem with any account that has never recieved any mail
on a system with a known working MUA/MTA.
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jlawrence
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:43 am Post subject: |
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| I think that I have narowed it down to the users aren't recieving the mail. I have set everything up from what I have seen, and still no luck.... |
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