Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!navarra From: navarra@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Navarra) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: In Response to an IDIOT Re: filter rule won't work Keywords: What a total IDIOT!!! Message-ID: <3778@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Date: 20 Feb 91 22:08:48 GMT References: <490@shrike.AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM> <3748@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> <6399@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Organization: Northwestern University Lines: 18 >What a STUPID idea!! This guy is a total idiot. >First of all, your problem is that MAILPATH should be set to a file, not >to a directory. And newmail is the same - it must be set to a file >not a directory. I may be a total idiot but my idea is correct, you must set up your MailPath to check the folders (and not the directories) that your filtered mail is being saved to. Just becuase I got folders and directories confused does not make my posting a "stupid idea" -- esp since you offer no and btw, I have a life -- perhaps you should come up here some weekend like you are supposed to and find that out ! :-) culater bruce, from the Lab of the MaD (and proud of it) ScieNtIsT.... navarra@casbah.acns.nwu.edu