Mutt 1.10.0 (2018-05-17), CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.10.0(0.325/5/3) (x86_64)

[query-01 at email.com]

THE GOAL:

**To get a basic mutt --up and running

$ mutt -v
Mutt 1.10.0 (2018-05-17) <-- installed from the CygWin PkgDir

System: CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.10.0(0.325/5/3) (x86_64)

OTHER INSTALLED DEFAULTS:

ISPELL="/usr/bin/ispell"
SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail"
MAILPATH="/var/spool/mail"
PKGDATADIR="/usr/share/mutt"
SYSCONFDIR="/etc"
EXECSHELL="/bin/sh"
----

Given the error shown (below), we cannot find MAILPATH="/var/spool/mail" 
within the /etc/Muttrc; shown above.

WE installed mutt from the pkgdir and cannot get past the following error:

/var/spool/mail/<USER>: No such file or directory (errno = 2

We have tried following online resolutions that have worked for other 
people; that do not work for us. Then we try the old fashion way by 
reading the man pages suggested by 'man mutt', only to find out a 
specific 'man 5 maildir' --as indicated in the 'man mutt' page, does not 
exist. the straw that broke the camels back (for us), we are reading 
about examples using 'man 5 maildir', which appears to be what we need 
to edit. Then we issue a 'mutt -v' that shows us 'MAILPATH' may 
very-well be the item of interest, however, 'MAILPATH' also cannot be 
found within CygWin's /etc/.Muttrc.

I for one am truly lost. All we want is a simple/basic mutt 
configuration. What are we doing incorrectly?