Folks, I'm using Evo 2.12 on Ubunty Gutsy beta. Instead of drawing in my email directly into Evo using pop3 settings, I've tried to set Evo up to use local delivery. When I try to configure the path, the dialog allows me to get as far as /var/spool/mail. But it doesn't recognize the mbox file there with my user name (the only one in the folder). It's shaded out. I've tried changing the permissions on the file, and on the string of folders leading to it. But to no avail. I can see that fetchmail/procmail is tacking new mail onto the mbox file. But when I try to pull that email into Evolution, I get an error message that reads:
"Could not open mail file /var/spool/mail: Is a directory" Well, I know it's a directory. I recall that when set to "local delivery," 2.10 recognized the users file inside that directory without blinking, as it were. The only other way I can get this to work is if I use the settings that store my local email in a new series of folders in /var/spool/mail. And I don't want to do that if I can avoid it... It there a workaround for this, other than going back to using pop3 settings? Or is there some blatantly obvious setting that I've overlooked? With best regards, Pete -- Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Amateur-radio call: KC1JB www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net "The knack of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss." -- Douglas Adams, "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list