In answer to your subject line: yes. > > I set up the incoming mail spool as a user-owned directory such as > /var/spool/mail/ged which contains the three subdirectories new, cur > and tmp, and incoming messages are delivered to the spool by procmail > as MDA for sendmail. The user's .procmailrc points procmail to the > appropriate spool. > > But when I attempt to read the mail, Evolution either insists that > there are no messages in the inbox (when there demonstrably are), or > that it isn't a valid inbox (if I move the inbox somewhere else, or > change its structure as far as I can tell in any way at all).
You need to create a new account of type "Maildir-format mail directories" and point the "Mail Directory" to where the Maildir mail is located. 3.4.4 is old now (yes, I know it's what is in the repositories), and I think it says something like "Incoming mail spool" for a mail account - that uses mbox format because that's what the standard incoming spool directory uses. > > Evolution reads mbox-formatted inboxes without problems of course. The spool directory in /var/spool/mail SHOULD be mbox format - lots of things could well write there expecting it to be mbox format and that may corrupt you Maildir folders. If you are using Maildir for incoming mail, which is perfectly acceptable, then don't put them in /var/spool/mail. P. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
