The definition of your INBOX file is based upon a number of factors, including system manager intervention.
INBOX always exists, even when there is no actual file (if there is no actual file, then INBOX is empty). On a "vanilla" UNIX system with a "vanilla" user configuration, the INBOX is the spool file (whether or not a spool file exists). If the spool file does not exist, then INBOX is empty; and if the spool file appears (as when mail is delivered and the mailer creates it) then the INBOX becomes non-empty. In non-"vanilla" UNIX systems and/or non-"vanilla" user configurations, INBOX may be something else. For example, if you have an mbx-format file called INBOX in your home directory, it is the INBOX. c-client does not automatically create mbx-format INBOX files. It must be created by hand, or the mailer has to be configured to create mbx-format; in either situation, the configuration is no longer "vanilla" and you have to make inquiry with whomever is responsible for configuring your system. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
