Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:35:05 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsdbeni@spymac.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thunderbird and local mail ? Message-ID: <42345DA9.3090209@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <42345CDB.5000608@scarlet.be> References: <42344CE2.6010709@spymac.com> <42344F15.60100@makeworld.com> <42345CDB.5000608@scarlet.be>
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beni wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Chris wrote: > > | FreeBSDBeni wrote: > | > |> Hi, > |> > |> System: 5.3-REL-p5 > |> > |> I would like to get my local mail (from /var/mail/<user>) in my > |> Thunderbird (v1.0 - 20050310) mailbox. > |> > |> I found > |> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-December/027652.html > > |> which is talking about version 0.3... But I get the same message > |> as described after having created a movemail mailbox : "unable to > |> create <user>.lock file". I've tried to set up a movemail for > |> the user and one for Root, but get the same message back. > |> > |> So, how do I get those local mails transferred into my mailbox ? > |> > |> > | > | How and why are you getting local mail? If your using TB for > | pop/smtp (via ISP), and all you really want is to ensure you get > | root's mail, goto /etc/mail and edit aliases to something like > | this: > > As to the how and why part : someone has to read the daily/weekly > output from /etc/periodic/, no ? Kmail and others handle it nicely, so > why shoudn't Thunderbird do it ? (By the way, in Kmail all you have to > do is create a "local mailbox", point the location to /var/mail/<user> > and chose None as locking method). > > | root: youremail@yourisp.com > > I have : "root: beni" (and ran newaliases) which is me as the user. > Why should I send those mails to my ISP and then be read back with TB, > since they are already here ? I dunno - as I said, it was off the top. Lots of way to do it. TB also allows the use of local afaik. I can't look now due to the fact that I'm doing a portupgrade. But as you said, if KMail can, TB ought to -- Best regards, Chris PGP Fingerprint = D976 2575 D0B4 E4B0 45CC AA09 0F93 FF80 C01B C363
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