On Thursday 17 Jul 2003 1:03 am, bascule wrote: > i set up a receiving account in settings>configure kmail>network > thse are my details: > name:bascule-local > location:/var/spool/mail/bascule > locking method:none > destination folder:system > > obviously i made the 'system' folder! > > i didn't alter anything about sending mail > is this useful? > Very. It was the locking method that I had got wrong - I had left it on the default 'Procmail lockfile'. I changed that, and in came all the messages from the last 2 months! Definitely easier than having to read it from the spool directory.
You say you didn't change anything about sending, so does this mean that you use the same smtp that you use for your internet mail? Now the monitoring mail is sorted I need to get to grips with mail across the lan. Anne
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