On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:31:42 +0200, John Allen <allen{at}vo{dot}lu> wrote:
> andreas a@t mrs d.t ch wrote:

>> Well, if you know to look for /var/spool/mail/ you can find some entry
>> in the FAQ, but not as an answer to where the mailbox files are stored.
>> Anyway, is there some information on a mail setup under Linux (howto or
>> something else?)
>
> I had a look at the files, and I think the information is sort of
> present in the CONFIG file in the "docs" folder.

John, thanks. That's the file I looked first. It doesn't tell me where
the 'default' mailbox path is, but I think that wouldn't anyway. I
changed it according to the example, no success.

It might be due to some other problem. As mentioned in some other
message, nmap doesn't show any open IMAP port so I guess, pine is not
able to connect and read any message from the server.


> As I recall, in the unpatched state, on Linux, UW-IMAP assumes an
> INBOX in /var/spool/mail, and other folders are by default in the
> users home directory, ie for Linux something like /home/allenjo/ if
> allenjo is my username.
>
> Following the instructions in CONFIG, I patched my system and compiled
> it to use mbx format, with the INBOX and all other folders in
> /home/allenjo/Mail/. This worked fine for several years, until I
> switched to maildir and Dovecot.

I still don't know how to read multiple mailbox files from one account
but I guess first, I have to be able to read my INBOX.

Thanks for all the , I'll try again,
Andreas