The location /var/spool/mail or /var/mail is only used when a mail server (sendmail, postfix, etc) is receiving the mail. If mail is received via POP it is stored elsewhere. -- =W On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Zoran Kolic <zkolic at sbb.co.yu> wrote: > > Is email received by a standard fetchmail mechanism? Is arriving email placed > > in a standard location like /var/mail/user or /var/spool/mail/user? I noticed > > that the directories /var/mail/ and /var/spool/mail/ exist but they are empty. > > The reason that I ask is that I would like to read email with emacs/rmail > > One of strange questions in a row. Fetchmail is just a python > script, so you could use it if you like, for sure. Also, you > could point it to whereever you like. Be prepared to find it > with your mail client at unusual place, other then default. > The very point is that tablet is not regular pc/laptop. > > Zoran > > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >
