Try /var/mail before trying /usr/mail. Most new systems use /var.
This in inside the test so it really doesn't matter much. Closes
SF patch 497097.
diff --git a/Lib/mailbox.py b/Lib/mailbox.py
index 302e4b1..ed83489 100755
--- a/Lib/mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/mailbox.py
@@ -276,7 +276,10 @@
if mbox[:1] == '+':
mbox = os.environ['HOME'] + '/Mail/' + mbox[1:]
elif not '/' in mbox:
- mbox = '/usr/mail/' + mbox
+ if os.path.isfile('/var/mail/' + mbox):
+ mbox = '/var/mail/' + mbox
+ else:
+ mbox = '/usr/mail/' + mbox
if os.path.isdir(mbox):
if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(mbox, 'cur')):
mb = Maildir(mbox)