I don't have step by step instructions, but here's what I can tell
you.
I have fetchmail grabbing and procmail processing my incoming mail.
My .procmailrc file points to my inbox (either ~/Mail/Inbox/ or
~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox/ - see below). I've had no problems with
this configuration - but you do have to expunge your inbox when in Evo
to see newly arrived messages.
As far as evo and mutt sharing mail files, I've done this two ways.
1. the "real" mail files live in ~/Mail and I've manually setup
symlinks in ~/evolution/local/.../mbox. This >only< works with
maildir or mh style folders - reason being that when evo expunges
mbox files it re-writes the file, thus breaking the symlink.
Assuming you're using maildir or mh for all your folders - this
makes things work nicely in mutt, but each new folder must be added
by hand in evo.
2. the "real" mail files live in ~/evolution/local/.../mbox. This
works with mbox files. My .muttrc specifies
~/evolution/local/Inbox/mbox as my spool and
~/evolution/local/Sent/mbox as record. It works, but navigating
folders in mutt is a bit of a pain.
Thankfully evo has gotten to the point where I mostly don't use mutt
when I'm on console (I am now, as Evo still doesn't manage mail list
digests terribly well).
Hope that helps.
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 02:05:00PM -0400, John Affleck wrote:
> I know this has been bandied about a couple times previously, but is it
> possible to have mutt/procmail and Evolution share the same
> folders/files ? If so, does anyone have step by step directions to do
> so. I've tried a couple of things myself, but stuff seems to blow up in
> unexpected fashions when I do so.
>
> The reason I'm interested is that I'd still like to be able to view my
> mail in a text-based client when I'm not at home, preferably without too
> much hassle.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John A.
>
>
>
>
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