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List:       twig
Subject:    Re: [twig] Stupid question
From:       "m. allan noah" <anoah () pfeiffer ! edu>
Date:       2000-03-23 2:45:27
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i think others have said enough on this subject, but i just want to point out
once other thing...

twig is not 'putting' the mail anywhere. twig is opening the users imap INBOX,
and reading mail. if your system is setup so that this means ~/mbox (the
default for uwimap) then the imap server is moving the mail by default.

on my systems (i use qmail) i deliver mail into ~/mbox to start with. this way
i dont have a large world funkable mail spool. also helps alot with quotas. i
suggest you modify your mail config to drop into ~/mbox as well. this, along
with fixing the muttrc should clear up all your problems

allan

str8edge@mail.xhardcorex.com said:

> I have 6 users that have shell access on the box that TWIG is installed on.
> There are another 12 users who use the web interface only. The problem is
> with the shell account users. They are all using mutt. mutt likes to put
> read mail in ~/Mail/mbox, while TWIG is putting it in ~/mbox. Those 6 users
> are complaining.
> I am running Debian (woody) on this box, with uw-imap compiled from the
> original source. I am seriously considering moving to FreeBSD in the next
> little while.
> 
> Thanks
> David
> 
>   
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 02:12:03PM -0000, m. allan noah wrote:
> > twig does not move read mail. it marks the mail as read, and leaves it in
the
> > users INBOX (~/mbox if that is how you are setup).
> > 
> > if outlook or whatever moves read mail into Mail/INBOX that would explain
the
> > difference.
> > 
> > twig could be modified to have a 'move read mail feature' but that could
> > potentially be dangerous, depending on the imap server/folder layout...
> > 
> > what client other than twig do your users use?
> > 
> > allan
> > 
> > str8edge@mail.xhardcorex.com said:
> > 
> > > Reply-To: 
> > > Hi,
> > > Thanks for the quick reply. What I am looking for is where to specify
the
> > > "read" mail box, not the sent mail box. Sent mail is being stored in
> > > /Mail/outbox, which works for both my shell users and my webmail users.
> > > Right now, read mail is being stored in ~/mbox. What I need is it stored
in
> > > ~/Mail/mbox. 
> > > Thanks again,
> > > David
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > In-Reply-To: <200003220147.UAA04988@cr444569-a.pr1.on.wave.home.com>;
from
> > greg@darkphoton.com on Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 08:47:28PM -0500
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 08:47:28PM -0500, Greg Ross wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >     In config.inc.php3, change the $config["imap_sentfolder"] setting.
> > > > 
> > > >     NOTE: users can override this setting in prefs and if they have
saved
> > a set of preferences then changing the above setting will not change those
> > users.
> > > > 
> > > >                                                       Greg
> > > > 
> > > > str8edge@mail.xhardcorex.com said: 
> > > > 
> > > > > Reply-To: 
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > Stupid question time: (but it should be simple)
> > > > > Where can I specify in the config files that TWIG is supposed to put
> > read
> > > > > messages into ~/Mail/mbox? It is putting read messages in ~/mbox.
> > > > > All the folders in my users's Mail directory are working properly,
just
> > not
> > > > > where read messages are going. Normally I wouldn't care, but some of
my
> > > > > users have shell access, while others just have mailboxes.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any help apreciated. or if you can point me to the file that has the
> > > > > setting, that too would be appreciated.
> > > > > 
> > > > > David
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > 
> 



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