From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 20:33:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D05EB16A41A for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:33:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A45DB13C455 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:33:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@ayn.mi.celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8744968B0D6A4; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:37:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id dQ4HzzrFE1zM; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 63B0F68613020; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:37:11 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071002203711.GA12392@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20071001005437.GA15279@bsd.remdog.net> <20071002191117.GA32593@ozzmosis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071002191117.GA32593@ozzmosis.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 OpenPKG/2.5 Subject: Re: Mutt Help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:33:09 -0000 On Wed, Oct 03, 2007, andrew clarke wrote: >On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 05:54:37PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > >> Hi All...I am a newbie using Mutt, and I have Fetchmail running as >> daemon. Fetchmail is doing its job, periodically retreiving my pop3 >> mail, but I am so far unable to find the correct entry for the >> .muttrc file which will result in Mutt automatically retrieving mail >> from fetchmail. Any help would be appreciated. > >By default, Fetchmail will put your mail wherever $MAIL points to. >Usually this is in a file named /var/mail/username, where username is >your login name. I thought that the default for fetchmail was to pass the messages to the system's MTA (postfix, sendmail, etc.), not to attempt delivery itself. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 Never chastise a Windows user...just smile at them kindly as you would a disadvantaged child. WBM