On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 06:08:27AM -0900, jerry wrote:
> > However able to get the mail delivered where I want to, Mutt complains that
> > the destination box (spoolfile) is not a mail box.
> > I don't have a clue as to where I must look. The documentation of
> > procmail/mutt requires expert-insight; no easy "looks like this" examples
> > (well it does, but it don't work for me). Also the mutt and procmail
> > webpages for Newbies gave me an impression of what is possible, impressive
> > by the way, but I could not get a configuration out of it.
> >
>
> I've had these problems as well. The documentation that I looked at
> didn't mention how to fix the problem with the error 'is not a mail
> box'.
>
> >
> > .forward #Found the second option on internet...
> > ##########
> > #'| /usr/bin/procmail'
> > "| /usr/bin/procmail || exit 75 #mail"
> >
> >
> I also had a .forward file, seems mutt will ( in debian) work
> without this file. I have since deleted it.
I will be renaming it first. Thanks
> > .fetchmailrc #This seems to work....
>
> > ##############
> > set postmaster "mail"
>
> May want to set this as your login user name, so you recieve any
> mail generated by the system
Done
> > set nobouncemail
> > set no spambounce
> > set properties ""
> > poll mail.local.inet with proto POP3
> > user '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' there with password 'Sure' is 'otheruser'
> > hereoptions fetchall no rewrite stripcr
> > mda '/usr/bin/procmail'
> >
>
> I also had the mda line as well in my .muttrc, I think this may have
> been the culprit causing the error with the mailbox not being recognized
> as being a mailbox, don't know for sure, but it's not commented out
> and seems to work fine.
Now I'm not sure; You use this in your .muttrc? or in your .muttrc AND your
.fetchmailrc?
> > ############################################################
> > .procmailrc #Cleaned it up a bit
> > #############
> > MAILDIR=/home/snotty/Mail #you'd better make sure it exists
> > DEFAULT=${MAILDIR}/inbox #completely optional
> > LOGFILE=${MAILDIR}/procmail.log #recommended
> > SCHADUW=${MAILDIR}/schaduw
> >
>
> I'm not to sure about the braces surrounding the MAILDIR above, I
> don't have those in my .procmailrc
Those are optional I guess:-). They come from a link of www.procmail.org
But then again they don't help either.
> > set mbox_type = Maildir
I fixed this after reading from Morten Bo Johansen that this should be mbox
(well; easy way should be).
> > mailboxes !
> > #mailboxes /var/mail/snotty
> > #mailboxes /home/snotty/mail/inbox
> > mailboxes /home/snotty/Mail/read
> > #mailboxes /home/snotty/Mail/procmail.log
>
> /home/snotty/Mail/procmail.log is not a mail box, you can remove
> this
Commenting out does not work?
> > mailboxes /home/snotty/Mail/schaduw
> This appears to be where you want the mail from rule #3 to end up,
> if so, I think, schaduw, needs to be changed, either in the rules or
> this line, they need to be the same
Are you sure? SCHADUW=${MAILDIR}/schaduw does say it's in
/home/snotty/Mail/schaduw??
############################################################
.procmailrc #Cleaned it up a bit
#############
MAILDIR=/home/snotty/Mail #you'd better make sure it exists
DEFAULT=${MAILDIR}/inbox #completely optional
LOGFILE=${MAILDIR}/procmail.log #recommended
SCHADUW=${MAILDIR}/schaduw
.....
:0:
* ^Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
$SCHADUW
:0:
* ^From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
$SCHADUW
....
> No problem, hope this help get your mail sorted
> jerry
Almost there
Thanks again!
Frans
