On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:09:29AM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: > Why would you be running an MUA that doesn't understand maildir format > if you store all your mail in maildir folders? This seems like one of > those "If it hurts when you do that, don't do it" situations.
That would happen in a multi-user environment, in which I plan to implement Maildir spools. Since I'm not interested in patching every possible mail software people want to use (e.g. Pine) to support maildirs, I want to make sure they won't do horrors accidentally, instead of accessing the mailboxes via IMAP, for example. > The proper value of $MAIL depends what software you're using, and what > those programs expect to find when they look at $MAIL and the file or > directory it points to. I suggest reading the man pages for your MTA, > MUA, and whatever other programs may be involved in transporting or > viewing your mail, to see what they expect. With any luck, there will be > a single setting that is compatible with all of them. If not, try > switching to other software as needed. Well, IMHO the proper (default) value of MAIL only depends on the place where the MTA delivers the mail to. I cannot cater for the needs of users using procmail (or similar filters), but they are usually proficient enough to manually set MAIL to their liking. -- Matti Airas Subfossiili männynkäpy viruu piipun hyöyssä. [EMAIL PROTECTED] +358 50 34 64 256 http://www.iki.fi/mairas/
