On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 09:15:57AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> [02-18-17 08:17]: > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 07:48:42AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > * Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> [02-18-17 07:39]: > > > > Whenever I start mutt (mutt 1.5.23) it says "/home/chris/Mail does not > > > > exist. Create it? ([yes]/no):". > > > > > > > > I have no references at all to ~/Mail in my environment or in my > > > > muttrc file. The system's mail spool is /var/mail/<user> and I > > > > actually get my mail deilvered to ~/Maildir/in. So why does mutt ask > > > > to create this unwanted directory? > > > > > > grep "~/Mail" ~/.muttrc /etc/muttrc > > > grep set\ folder ~/.muttrc /etc/muttrc > > > > > Results are:- > > > > chris@cheddar$ grep "~/Mail" ~/.muttrc /etc/muttrc ~/.mutt/muttrc > > grep: /home/chris/.muttrc: No such file or directory > > grep: /etc/muttrc: No such file or directory > > /home/chris/.mutt/muttrc:set spoolfile=~/Maildir/in > > /home/chris/.mutt/muttrc:mailboxes ~/Maildir/in > > chris@cheddar$ grep set\ folder ~/.muttrc /etc/muttrc ~/.mutt/muttrc > > grep: /home/chris/.muttrc: No such file or directory > > grep: /etc/muttrc: No such file or directory > > /home/chris/.mutt/muttrc:set folder_format="%N %-32.32f %d %6s" > > chris@cheddar$ > > > > There really *arent't* any references to ~/Mail! :-) > > look at "set folder" in "man muttrc". You will have to search for > "folder" as "set folder" will not find the appropriate setting. > > essentially, you have not told mutt the "default location of your > mailboxes" so it asks. > > and the "default location of your mailboxes" is *not* your spool file. > Aha, thanks! I hadn't realised that there was a built-in default for this. All sorted now.
-- Chris Green
