Re: [tlug] mutt configuration: /var/spool/mail/tony/:No such file or directory (errno=2)

[Antony Stace <s45652001@example.com>]

Thanks.  That worked,  I no longer get that error :)  .  Now I get 

APOP authentication failed.

Which is kinda strange since I can access this mailbox from Mozilla and also Sylpheed.  I have double checked my password and username in the muttrc file and they seem fine.
Umm.....maybe I should see if someone can look at the access logs for the pop server and see that the error is on that side.


Cheers

Tony



> > how can I get past this first error
> > /var/spool/mail/tony/:No such file or directory (errno=2)
> 
> If it's supposed to be a file (as on all Unix systems that I've seen in
> recent decades) rather than a directory (as implied by the trailing slash in
> the error message) then the answer is:
>   touch /var/spool/mail/tony
> 
> If directory /var/spool/mail doesn't have permissions 777, then you'll have
> to go into superuser mode and do this:
>   touch /var/spool/mail/tony
>   chown tony:users /var/spool/mail/tony
> or whatever your account name and group are.  I don't know if there are
> systems where /var/spool/mail has permissions lesser than 777.  As I think
> about it now, they really ought to be.


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