On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:21:24 +1000 Doug Laidlaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> But you use Postfix. I use getmail. Both deliver mail > to /var/spool/mail/user. If Anne is downloading her mail directly via > POP, /var/spool/mail/anne will never be used. Kmail is like that. In > both cases, the mail is placed in the appropriate place in $HOME. > I am running getmail as user, so I had to create /var/spool/mail/doug > manually. It is an mbox file, so can be created with "touch." > Postfix runs as root, and can create the spool if necessary. > > It did occur to me that the config screens may say what the > directories are, but it looks as though $HOME/.thunderbird is the > place to look. > > Doug. > Of course, if Anne _is_ using a local mail server, Thunderbird must point to /var/spool/mail/anne. But she can receive mail on the notebook, where that file doesn't exist, so I assume she is using straight POP or IMAP. Doug.
