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[will]

Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On 3/4/02, 4:01:20 PM, will <will at hellacool.co.uk> wrote regarding [Gllug] 
> mail:
> 
> 
> 
>>I installed mutt (1.2.5.1i) today on my home machine as I intend to read
>>my email using it over an SSH connection but I encountered some
>>strangeness.  Mutt claimed that my spool directory did not exist
>>(/var/spool/mail/will) and I checked and it didn't.  I created this file
>>and mutt stopped complaining about it not being there but I think I
>>cured a symptom and not the problem.
>>
> 
> It's only a symptom of the fact that you hadn't received any local mail 
> at that point and so had no mailspoo.
> 
> 
>>I cannot mail local or internet
>>users using:
>>
> 
>>$mail user
>>
> 
> For that you need the mailx package.  Is it installed?

Nope, and a search on freshmeat, sourceforge(not working) and google 
seem to have come up with little.  Is there a web site for this program?

Will.


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