-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Jim Dever wrote: >> Robin Laing wrote: >> >>> I don't use Evolution if I can help it. I use Thunderbird. >>> >>> On my home system, my ISP won't allow any mail generated by the machines >>> to be sent unless I really configure sendmail. So I send the mail to >>> the local machines to my user account "robin". I then use Thunderbirds >>> movemail feature to read the local /var/spool/mail/robin mailbox. Now >>> it is in Thunderbird under it's own settings. >>> >> Been lurking on this thread... what and where can I find Thunderbird's >> movemail feature? >> >> Thanks! >> > When you set up a new account, one of the options is a movemail > account. On my system, it complains that it can not create the > needed lock file... > > Mikkel It complained on my system too, but told me that the /var/spool and var/spool/mail directories needed to be chmodded to 01777. After that it worked as advertised. Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF87Yu5mBKdb7VQEcRAosGAKCX9YTH1GjB8QaPny815NIivO9IyACfdKAA okzHKXBJFSyLn3LzHlgqLvQ= =OsAu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
