Document how to access local mail with thunderbird and claws-mail (fixes #1509)

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/claws-mail.profile b/etc/claws-mail.profile
index 47783aff6..cb8ae6a80 100644
--- a/etc/claws-mail.profile
+++ b/etc/claws-mail.profile
@@ -31,3 +31,8 @@ shell none
 
 private-dev
 private-tmp
+
+# If you want to read local mail stored in /var/mail, add the following to claws-mail.local:
+# noblacklist /var/mail
+# noblacklist /var/spool/mail
+# writable-var
diff --git a/etc/thunderbird.profile b/etc/thunderbird.profile
index 760bc18c7..86671d1be 100644
--- a/etc/thunderbird.profile
+++ b/etc/thunderbird.profile
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ read-only ${HOME}/.config/mimeapps.list
 # writable-run-user is needed for signing and encrypting emails
 writable-run-user
 
+# If you want to read local mail stored in /var/mail, add the following to thunderbird.local:
+# noblacklist /var/mail
+# noblacklist /var/spool/mail
+# writable-var
+
 # allow browsers
 # Redirect
 include /etc/firejail/firefox.profile