From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.190]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EB1A109CB for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:04:14 -0500 (EST) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w1so1518072mue.9 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:06:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.133.10 with SMTP id g10mr956308rvd.2.1227384373305; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:06:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (69-44-252-62.mrc.clearwire-dns.net [69.44.252.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f21sm8521437rvb.5.2008.11.22.12.06.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:06:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:06:41 -0800 From: Gaijin To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: mail setup in lenny Message-ID: <20081122200641.GA23574@clearwire.net> References: <49284EC9.27931.F29901@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49284EC9.27931.F29901@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:04:15 -0000 On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 06:26:17PM -0000, lists@barrettpianos.co.uk wrote: > This is what I have done. > [destination] > type = Mboxrd > path = /var/mail/keith I had this same problem, and couldn't get getmail to write to the /var/mail directory, even with file permissions seeming right. I had to settle for writing to ~/mbox instead, or go through setting up the system to use the "type = MDA_external" feature and pass things through the mailserver to the /var/mail dir. Anyway, I'm sure you need "mail" group permission to write to /var/mail. I use an alias called "mb" to have mutt read the mbox file: alias mb='mutt -f ~/mbox' I load aliases at login by placing them in the ~/.bashrc file. (Actually, a ~/.aliases file is sourced to make things easier to modify on the fly, but that's another story.) alias Saliases='alias > ~/.aliases' Anyway, you may have read permission for /var/mail/keith, but not write permission to /var/mail, and that's causing the problem. HTH, Michael