Actually, the mailbox is just an ascii text file. I've found that just touching the required filename works nicely. Garrett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Stivers" <stivers_t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:18 AM Subject: Re: mutt problem > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/10/04 1:45 AM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > > Hi all. In an effort to migrate to maildirs for use by Courier, I set > > spoolfile=~/Maildir, and set folder="~/Maildir." When I restart Mutt it > > says that it does not exist, so I hit y to create it. Then Mutt reports > > that Maildir is not a mailbox? Does anyone know why this would occur, > > since Mutt created the Maildir? Thanks! > > For maildir boxes you need to put in the / after the name so that mut > knows the box is a maildir. > set spoolfile=~/maildir/ > set folder=~/maildir/ > should have the desired affect. > > - -- > Clarke's Corollary: > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. > Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAKIXB5JK61UXLur0RAi8BAJ0dW1ud0y84ZqgxRRKPDbExx5iY3ACfexFD > 8+WXcQ0eLmtlssPdRQN10MI= > =xA2J > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
