Re: retrieving email ?

["Mike McCue" <mccuem1 msn com>]

>On 2001.10.24 20:33:25 +0200 Mike McCue wrote:
> > I set the mailbox at /home/mike/mail/, but balsa is complaining that 
>this
> > isn't a valid mailbox.  What constitutes a 'valid' mailbox ?
>
>no, this is only 50% of your answer..
>root@ulixys:/var/spool > ls -l mail/
>total 15468
>-rw-------    1 galaxy   users    15831800 Oct 24 15:57 galaxy
>root@ulixys:/var/spool >
>
>thats valid


so is the mailbox 'file' a special file ?  I'm assuming then your using 
/var/spool/mail/galaxy for your mailbox file, if so, is it something that's 
already there, or will it be created if it doesn't exist ?  (I really can't 
wait to get home to try this...<G>)

Thanks,
Mike


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