[SunHELP] CDE mailer doesn't display INBOX in /var/mail

[Eric Williams]

Hmmmm,

The /var/mail/usrname file is being updated and grows as more mail is
received. But there is a $HOME/mbox file too. Does this mean that Pine is
moving stuff after being started. I know, I will go look at the Pine
documentation, but if someone knows and would like to answer, does Pine do
this and how would I stop it systemwide (if I can)? Thanks!


on 7/26/01 2:55 AM, dhansen at zebra.net at dhansen at zebra.net wrote:

> 
> Have you verified that Pine didn't move the "Inbox"
> contents to a $HOME/mbox file?
> 
> -david
> 
>> I have the PC File Viewer installed. After closing Pine and starting up the
>> mailer she can't see any of the files in /var/mail/username. We know they
>> are there, and if we go back to Pine they all show up, but the mailer won't
>> display them. We selected Local as the mailbox and the window title bars
>> shows that it is looking in /var/mail/username.
>> 
>> My sense is that there is a setting or configuration file somewhere that is
>> hiding all these read messages for some reason. If I log into the same
>> machine my /var/mail/username inbox area shows up fine.
> 
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