-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom Goulet wrote: > On 3/22/08, Jabka Atu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hello,.. >> >> How should i set Thunderbird to work with local mail : >> for instance Kmail know's how to access /var/mail/username and get >> messages from there. >> > > Hmm, it looks a little tricky, but > http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq says that you can > import Mbox files into Thunderbird. > > It says that you do it by copying an Mbox file to the "Mail/Local > Folders" directory within your "profile directory". > > By the way, /var/mail/username files are Mbox files. > > importing an mbox file only copies the contense of file will prevent you from getting new mail. > So you might end up running something like this: > > The shell command would end up looking something like this: > cp /var/mail/username ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/blergh.default/Mail/Local\ Folders > > I tried the above the problem is that by coping you stuck with what was allrady in the file and if you get new mails you don't know about it . * *so i did a sym link : ln -s /var/mail/jabka /home/jabka/.mozilla-thunderbird/2i25fsli.default/Mail/Local\ Folders/jabkamail
or in more common way : ln -s /var/mail/YOURUSERNAME /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.mozilla-thunderbird/SOME_DIR.default/Mail/Local\ Folders/SOME_FILE_NAME * * The problem is that afaik to see the diffrence in incoming mails you have to restart thunderbird (icedove). > Then restart Thunderbird. > > Tom > > Regards ,.. Jabka Atu || bsh83.blogspot.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBR+Vec5zNKvbZ7QAsAQI9tw/7BJ594XyqCHjJB4vNWGuhUEEjBkX0vujT 9NiqZTrlraT3z884OmTT5h8O8uh347k9fWQiE/Kp7Qjmdxue9nAn+CMGRNUgD2Xm IrgslC4VYf+A4ZYVrb1hy4l9YPiQoXYb7OA2ZKY+SNZmNvx42U+RMxZcTqGegckd 1iSm0pXgozNptdF/W2V3OSQfUm4elqbFed1peZ8wrzVPuUx+7x7IHBwwIInNEuJH HbwbE3dubI6/Yws8z7f3VoEeVPIUW02I65qwD2WZ/jSrmfh7OiWGR5o2XIc+bz8k IgMiE2A4khh2jNc85JiQmrNZdok73dOID01Ib3voeSNiQoPjPXo4TVYdZGNy55GD TItyxQlXLiewIA2cSwbF56IBRpEPbr252E/z2ASNVJ2QEQAihrV9q6HmCCPKa9He YPwqOKwRRiLgU0UM/rdwMRV27sRxQJfqzMFfk3Qc1XOWdP7eMz5m7ya76zlZtmpL NXT3AoxJYdoH1KunVnI17BvUMPHlzWPlmH+ljpOwXFAJ10UyHhoh69cM/Qy8l/uP J7pyldE83Lqg+d+gyhd7Xx8uX7KY3D5Q+BrgjyPdO7GsKzZy56uJMQpHJ6DLVICe Ao4pStU3quzTpVgCnt43i1pgu46xVZVLhyx6/4IzYWKUongCxudwzUKnERkHVsxF be6uZHIN8xA= =d0V0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]