Hi: as far as I know, pine uses $MAIL to determin the inboxpath which, at least on the systems I've used, is /var/spool/mail/username except on one box where it was /usr/spool/mail/username. Actually, now I think about it, I think the inboxpath is configurable. Geoff. -- Geoff Shang <gshang at uq.net.au> ICQ number 43634701 Make sure your E-mail can be read by everyone! http://www.betips.net/etc/evilmail.html Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html