Moin mitnanner, moin Anthony.
I remember having had similar problems with my mutt/wheezy on my laptop. (My mails are handled by my provider; I use fetchmail to get them.) As Interrupt reactions of your mail system could be due to missing files or directories, I put an excerpt of my own exim4/mutt configuration here running under Wheezy in order to assist you in evaluating your entries. (my local login name = wwf) ~/.muttrc (mode= 0640, owner =wwf:mail) --------------------------------------- ... my_hdr From: wfok...@web.de (my email address at my email provider) ... set realname="Wilko Fokken" set editor=vim (make sure vim is found by mutt!) set charset=UTF-8 ... set folder=~/Mail # Where my mail folders go set postponed=~/Mail/mutt/postponed # Where to put postponed messages set tmpdir=/tmp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Make sure to install directories according to .muttrc contents: mkdir -p ~/Mail/archive cd ~/Mail/archive touch now mkdir -p ~/Mail/mutt cd ~/Mail/mutt touch postponed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - check for entry in /etc/email-addresses: wwf: wfok...@web.de <relating local login name to my mail name at my provider> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - my mail files (mode= 0660, owner= wwf:mail) are located in directory: /var/mail (mode= 2775, owner= root:mail) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in directory /etc/exim4/ (0755, root:root), I modified 3 files: /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf: ---------------------------------- (active entries = my alterations) # dc_eximconfig_configtype='local' dc_eximconfig_configtype='smarthost' # # dc_other_hostnames='<my local mailname>' dc_other_hostnames='' # # dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1' dc_local_interfaces='127.0.0.1 ; ::1' # # dc_readhost='' dc_readhost='fok02.laje.edewe.de' (=my local mailname) # dc_relay_domains='' # # dc_minimaldns='false' dc_minimaldns='true' # dc_relay_nets='' # # dc_smarthost='' dc_smarthost='smtp.web.de' (my provider's smtp address) # CFILEMODE='644' # # dc_use_split_config='false' dc_use_split_config='true' # # dc_hide_mailname='' dc_hide_mailname='true' # dc_mailname_in_oh='true' # dc_localdelivery='mail_spool' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /etc/exim4/passwd.client: ------------------------- # Example: # target.mail.server.example:login:password # smtp.web.de:<my smtp login>:<my smtp passwd> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/800_exim4-config_maildrop: --------------------------------------------------- # check_local_user (ORIG: this entry was activated) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (in order to keep my original configuration, I save my original files in an added subdir: "./ORIG/") Good luck! Wilko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140723091521.ga5...@fok02.laje.edewe.de