[Gllug] Creating Maildirs

[john gennard]

On 15 May 2007, Craig Millar <gllug at craigmillar.org> wrote

 >> john gennard wrote:
 >
 >>> > but puts the mail into ~/Mail/Maildir/cur and mutt says
 >>> > there are no mail boxes.
 >
 >>
 >> I think the default location is just ~/Maildir - at least that's
 >> what I've always used.

 > Never used it, but the getmail documentation suggests you can
 > change the Maildir destination:

 >http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/configuration.html#destination-maildir

 > Alternatively, you could get mutt to look for your maildir in its
 > alternative location.

Yes, I was aware of the getmail documentation, and as I'm now
trying to use a much later version, studied it to see what changes
had been made. This section, however, didn't help me with the maildir
structure itself.

 > The following demonstrates for a fairly simple setup for mutt and
 > maildirs, including a nifty find command for mutt to find your
 > mailboxen once you've created them and told getmail where to put
 > them:-     http://www.elho.net/mutt/maildir/

 > Hope this is of use

This will be of considerable help - why on earth didn't I locate it 
when googling!!	Many thanks.

John.




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