[Alpine-info] Maildrop setup in laymans terms?

[Chris M via Alpine-info]

touch command doesn't work

chris at q4os-desktop:~$ touch /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail

touch: cannot touch '/home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail': No such file or directory

chris at q4os-desktop:~$ cd /home/chris

chris at q4os-desktop:~$ touch /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail

touch: cannot touch '/home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail': No such file or directory
chris at q4os-desktop:~$

Chris





On Thu, Jun 6, 2024, at 10:54 PM, Eduardo Chappa via Alpine-info wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Jun 2024, Chris M via Alpine-info wrote:

> 

> > [Can't open /home/chris/maildrop: not a selectable folder]

> 

> It looks like /home/chris/maildrop is a directory in your file system. As 

> such it is not a location that can be used to save messages. However, an 

> empty file would work, for example, /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail. Make 

> sure you create an empty file

> 

> touch /home/chris/maildrop/sent-mail

> 

> before you create the maidrop in Alpine.

> 

> -- 

> Eduardo

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