Well I didn't change anything in either config file aside from putting in my domain name and the like. The $MAIL variable is set correctly and the permitions for mailboxes are 0660 and they are owned by the users and the group mail. Maybe I need to add myself to the mail group, but i wouldn't think so. On a good note I did get speakfreely for windows working, and as is the case with so many windows programs it resumed functioning with no changes to the settings and I still don't know why. Oh well... *smile* -- Thomas Stivers stivers_t at mail.utexas.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 12:02 PM Subject: Re: mutt and exim on debian > Are you using the default settings of mutt and exim? > > when you set up mutt did you change anything? there should be a > setting such as set spoolfile="/var/mail/xxx" where xxx is the name of > the mailbox. > > mutt by default will use the variable $MAIL to read from that spool. so > to see what $MAIL is do: 'echo $MAIL' and see what it is set to. If it > is different than where you mail is then you will have to either change > muttrc with the correct value or just set the $MAIL variable to the > correct setting. remember that Debian stores it's mail spool in > /var/mail, and not /var/spool/mail however a simlink is provided for > backward compatibility. > > Hope this helps. > > Thomas Stivers said > the following on Mon, May 13, 2002 at 11:49:25AM -0500: > > They are both on the same box. Sorry I didn't make this more clear. I > > simply get the message that my mailbox is not a mailbox. I can use less to > > look at the mailbox and there are definitely messages in it. > > -- > > Thomas Stivers > > stivers_t at mail.utexas.edu > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul at asmodean.net> > > To: "speakup list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:54 AM > > Subject: Re: mutt and exim on debian > > > > > > > Can you be more specific? Are you using mutt locally on the box where > > > exim is? or are you using mutt from another box and retrieving you mail > > > from the pop3 features of mutt? > > > > > > I have debian testing with mutt and exim locally here and it all works > > > fine using /var/mail/mailboxname > > > > > > > > > > > > Thomas Stivers said the following on Mon, May 13, 2002 at > > 07:31:01AM -0500: > > > > Does anyone know why I get a /var/mail/xxxx is not a mailbox when I > > use > > > > mutt to check mail? I use exim on debian/testing and as far as I can > > tell > > > > it should work. Alternatively where can I get the pine package for > > debian? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > > > Thomas Stivers > > > > stivers_t at mail.utexas.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > > > If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure > > can > > > go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way will promptly develop. > > > Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can > go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way will promptly develop. > Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
