Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 20:25:50 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com> To: "Francis A. Vidal" <francis@usls.edu> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Default IMAP INBOX to $HOME/Mailbox Message-ID: <BFEGKDHLHDNOJEIHJDBAGECCCAAA.troy@psknet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009220821151.40662-100000@atlas.usls.edu>
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Francis,
The code you originally posted was using the variable 'myHomeDir', which
will not work. You need to use the function 'myhomedir()', and it will
work. I promise.
It took me a while to get it to function right as well, but eventually, I
got it done.
--
Troy Settle
Pulaski Networks
540.994.4254
It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Francis A.
> Vidal
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 8:23 PM
> To: Troy Settle
> Cc: FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: RE: Default IMAP INBOX to $HOME/Mailbox
>
>
> Hi Troy,
>
> I changed my patch file to something similar to yours but I still
> can't make it work. I'm using the latest UW-IMAP package from the
> ports tree (imap-4.7c2).
>
> ---- Quoting Troy Settle's message, sent 09/21/00 7:54pm ----
>
> > Francis,
> >
> > You've almost got it.
> >
> > Here's what I've got in production right now:
> >
> > --- src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c.orig Thu Sep 21 22:56:39 2000
> > +++ src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c Thu Sep 21 22:57:02 2000
> > @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
> > {
> > char tmp[MAILTMPLEN];
> > if (!sysInbox) { /* initialize if first time */
> > - sprintf (tmp,"%s/%s",MAILSPOOL,myusername ());
> > + sprintf (tmp,"%s/%s",myhomedir(),".mail");
> > sysInbox = cpystr (tmp); /* system inbox is from
> mail spool */
> > }
> > return sysInbox;
> >
> >
> > --
> > Troy Settle
> > Pulaski Networks
> > 540.994.4254
> >
> > It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Francis A.
> > > Vidal
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 7:44 PM
> > > To: FreeBSD Questions
> > > Subject: Default IMAP INBOX to $HOME/Mailbox
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've created a patch (from one of the tutorials online) for IMAP 4.7c2
> > > to make the default INBOX to $HOME/Mailbox rather than
> > > /var/mail/<username>:
> > >
> > > --- src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c.orig Thu Sep 21 22:56:39 2000
> > > +++ src/osdep/unix/env_unix.c Thu Sep 21 22:57:02 2000
> > > @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
> > > {
> > > char tmp[MAILTMPLEN];
> > > if (!sysInbox) { /* initialize if first time */
> > > - sprintf (tmp,"%s/%s",MAILSPOOL,myusername ());
> > > + sprintf (tmp,"%s/%s",myHomeDir,"/Mailbox");
> > > sysInbox = cpystr (tmp); /* system inbox is from
> mail spool */
> > > }
> > > return sysInbox;
> > >
> > > This patches cleanly on my system but IMAP still reads the INBOX from
> > > /var/mail/<username>! I've also tried the suggestion from the IMAP
> > > documentation but that also failed.
>
> --
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