From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 2 10:40:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA00824 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 10:40:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peloton.physics.montana.edu (peloton.physics.montana.edu [153.90.192.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA00817 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 10:40:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Received: from localhost (brett@localhost) by peloton.physics.montana.edu (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA10238; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 11:38:42 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 11:38:42 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Taylor To: dorseb@hol.fr cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with asmail In-Reply-To: <199809020727.JAA13378@mail1.hol.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > Like I am a newbie with FreeBSD I picked up the .asmailrc > from the 'man' that give a basic configuration. I started the asmail > like this: > 'asmail' or 'asmail -name /root/.asmailrc' Did you install the asmail port or did you get asmail from the afterstep-devel port? If you used the asmail port/package there should be a sample .asmailrc in /usr/X11R6/share/doc/asmail/sample.asmailrc. Where are you trying to start asmail? From a command line or inside your .steprc (or inside the wharf file for afterstep-1.4.5.3 - the latest port)? > "unknown keyword MailFile." > > Here how the syntax is in my .asmailc: > MailFile > path where are recieved and checked my mails > End Here's what mine looks like. MailFiles /home/brett/mail/mbox End Brett ****************************************************************** Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ "There is something uncanny in the noiseless rush of the cyclist, as he comes into view, passes by, and disappears." - Popular Science, 1891 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message