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From: Matthew West <mwest@cs.uct.ac.za>
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Subject: Re: Problem with asmail
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[mwest@gimli] ~$ strings `which asmail` | grep MailFile
MailFiles
[mwest@gimli] ~$ cat GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/asmail | grep MailFile
MailFiles
[mwest@gimli] ~$ 

Use "MailFiles" (note that it's plural), not "MailFile".

I'd say the manpage has an error.

--mwest@cs.uct.ac.za
  http://www.cs.uct.ac.za

On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 dorseb@hol.fr wrote:

> I use free BSD 2.2.6 with afterstep. At the base xbiff is set as a 
> mail checker.  I decided to change this mail checker against 
> asmail. Like I am a newbie with FreeBSD  I picked up the .asmailrc 
> from the 'man' that give a basic configuration. I started the asmail 
> like this:		
> 			'asmail' or 'asmail -name /root/.asmailrc'
> 
> I know that by default I don't have to specify the path where is the 
> file to config asmail but without or not without specifying this file 
> when I had  setup .asmailrc an error appear to my screen: 
> 
> 			"unknown keyword MailFile."
> 
> Here how the syntax is in my .asmailc:
> 			MailFile
> 				path where are recieved and checked my mails
> 			End
> 
> Is there a bug in the man ? Is there a  solution to fix this problem 
> ? Is there another syntax  for specifying the path where are the 
> mail with asmail in .asmailrc?
> Thanks a lot.
> 			
> 									Seb


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