Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:48 PM wrote: > > I'll stick with "mbox" type. Ok, we'll go with a traditional mbox mailbox in /var/spool/mail/$user > > > Step 2 - We'll confirm postfix is configured appropriately for that > > choice and that it is delivering mail to the right place using shell > >

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
On 12/10/2020 03:23 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:08 PM wrote: >> >> So I tried with setting: >> home_mailbox = .maildir >> (no forward "/", so it should be mbox type). > > Ok, your email is a bit confusing so I'm not quite sure what you're > trying to accomplish. I'm not

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:08 PM wrote: > > So I tried with setting: > home_mailbox = .maildir > (no forward "/", so it should be mbox type). Ok, your email is a bit confusing so I'm not quite sure what you're trying to accomplish. I'm not sure why you'd want to stick an mbox mailbox in a

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
On 12/10/2020 02:33 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:29 PM wrote: >> >> On 12/10/2020 11:58 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> Are you in the "mail" group? >>> >> >> That was it. Now I can access the /var/spool/mail from TBird >> I'm running Posfix and in main.cf I left as default: >>

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:29 PM wrote: > > On 12/10/2020 11:58 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Are you in the "mail" group? > > > > That was it. Now I can access the /var/spool/mail from TBird > I'm running Posfix and in main.cf I left as default: > home_mailbox = .maildir/ > > So all the local mail

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
On 12/10/2020 11:58 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 10 December 2020 19:48:41 CET, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> On 12/10/2020 11:21 AM, Jack wrote: >>> On 2020.12.10 13:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: The Local Directory path

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 10 December 2020 19:48:41 CET, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >On 12/10/2020 11:21 AM, Jack wrote: >> On 2020.12.10 13:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: >>> >>> The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
On 12/10/2020 11:21 AM, Jack wrote: > On 2020.12.10 13:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: >> >> The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a >> different directory. >> >> drwxrwsr-t  2 root  mail 4096 Dec 10 10:56 mail

Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread Jack
On 2020.12.10 13:11, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a different directory. drwxrwsr-t 2 root mail 4096 Dec 10 10:56 mail Why Thunderbird can not read that directory? Are

[gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid.

2020-12-10 Thread thelma
When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a different directory. drwxrwsr-t 2 root mail 4096 Dec 10 10:56 mail Why Thunderbird can not read that directory?