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From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com>
To: Andreas Ntaflos <ant@overclockers.at>,
	"Ernest H. Rice" <ehr3@ehr3.com>
Subject: Re: Mail clients
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 07:03:48 -0500
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kmail retrieves e-mail from a local /var/mail/$username account just fine=
=2E

=46rom the menubar:

Settings ---> Configure KMail ---->click on Network ----> Add an account =
(for=20
sending use either smtp or sendmail, whichever works for you) Click on=20
receiving and click the "local mailbox" radio button and click apply.

In the "receiving" tab select the new account, choose Edit and select FCN=
TL as=20
the mailbox locking device.  Click Apply again and OK and go get your loc=
al=20
mail.

HTH

Tim Kellers
CPE/NJIT

On Monday 23 December 2002 07:11 pm, Andreas Ntaflos wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 05:21:22PM -0500, Ernest H. Rice wrote:
> > Si u decided to try and use another mail program.
> > k-mail doesnt look for my email in /var/mail/... which is a problem
>
> Have you set your $MAIL environment variable to /var/mail/$USERNAME? Al=
so,
> I am sure you can tell kmail where to look for new mail, although I don=
't
> know much about that program since I've never used it myself. The defau=
lt
> place is /var/mail/$USERNAME though.
>
> regards


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