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Linux delivers mail to home directory: /home/linker/Maildir under which are 3 directories new, cur, tmp.

When I type mail I get mail: /home/linker/Maildir/: Is a directory, which is not useful.

I have installed alpine but can't get it access the Maildir directory (above) to read the mails in new.

I guess its all about the .pinerc

Michael Mrozek
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The alpine program does not support Maildir format mailboxes out of the box, although there is a patch floating around out there somewhere that adds this feature.

If you're using Maildir, you can use mutt, which works great with maildir folders, or you can set an IMAP server (e.g., dovecot) that supports Maildir, and then configure alpine and other mail clients to use IMAP for accessing your mail.

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  • @user1082991 Welcome to Stack Exchange. If this answer solved your problem, please [mark the answer as accepted](http://unix.stackexchange.com/faq#howtoask) by clicking on the check mark. This is our way of thanking the answerer here (assuming your problem was indeed solved). – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Mar 25 '12 at 22:48
  • The patch link is broken. – Faheem Mitha Nov 27 '21 at 19:34
  • Well, the answer is almost ten years old, and even when it was originally written the patch was unmaintained :). I've updated the answer with a new link. – larsks Dec 01 '21 at 16:22