From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0B551382C5 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:21:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B0889E0954; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:21:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qt1-f171.google.com (mail-qt1-f171.google.com [209.85.160.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6380BE0869 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:21:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt1-f171.google.com with SMTP id c14so4415964qtn.0 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:21:23 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:reply-to:subject:to:cc:mime-version :references:in-reply-to:message-id:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding; bh=MVpb+uSsV2puXzhh0HofZdArGyH8CVI4b55hYQXs/SI=; b=tjS5rUp7zd5BZPgG1og3CptElB86Ihvos+ufB1wOstA1fEw0MV2TBw//dNByd8t2OG XQM8++xvbrKS8y4Spehr5e765nGnJhhuN37E0i5PwAfTT9Hj5sKhPJpOgjw1zJw84bx3 aWEG18uKtxbVzWa5i4ifx/ZlgLKKJP0bylE6nn8DO5ATU3tSh9GhXsB9F/WhoKLUPtWh zMH/AqGM7anCkdhszuPnsz1WADmPcm5/y7uOrqYqpuym3hd5H8wILs9MIQ4SvhKu0B5Y mP/MtmYLlcji7cBpIPAbIzN4vwjQ+9Cg5Gdpwep/yJY4zdLzeEP4PFsCnRn+zEiFSbPD vBGw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531xBBJ31HgZ+uLwXSU8BHnb6vGrZhNQMLSCBg8wSpstSchZGkVE L82q1LAPC0qXRJnT2s8cGeQsIgl22BrmKA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwGELMzh+26i3A8JH8TMZMAOqsV7nV9Cb1KEMNR4BzBMFN93uhPZLThmPQz+ohyjpSoOKzpXA== X-Received: by 2002:aed:2e47:: with SMTP id j65mr10730484qtd.231.1607624482460; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:21:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from ffortso9 (c-76-23-130-96.hsd1.ct.comcast.net. [76.23.130.96]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b19sm3887782qtr.39.2020.12.10.10.21.21 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:21:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:21:21 -0500 From: Jack Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4997c1ca-af36-bbe8-0a8e-e4afb3b47265@sys-concept.com> In-Reply-To: <4997c1ca-af36-bbe8-0a8e-e4afb3b47265@sys-concept.com> X-Mailer: Balsa 2.6.1-132-g7ed68bf9e Message-Id: <5HTFJ5BE.5KHMMMFQ.JEHAQBPL@SHE2L7AE.XVQI7QGA.NNCUYPRV> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: e4b2c1cc-57f7-4b4c-a8fc-9297b824bf27 X-Archives-Hash: bab2733573d5ac6644452f0542f5eeb2 On 2020.12.10 13:11, thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: > When I try to select /var/spool/mail I get an error: >=20 > The Local Directory path "/var/spool/mail" is invalid. Please pick a > different directory. >=20 > drwxrwsr-t 2 root mail 4096 Dec 10 10:56 mail >=20 > Why Thunderbird can not read that directory? Are you running TBird as root? Are you sure you don't want one lower =20 level directory, such as /var/spool/mail/root or something like that?