From: mjsherman [mailto:mjsh...@chartermi.net]
Bowie Bailey wrote:
From: mjsherman [mailto:mjsh...@chartermi.net]
Sorry for being the new guy, but I didn't see any forums anyplace for
this kinda stuff. I'm running Gentoo, learning to setup an email
server. I got courier installed and running for the most part (using
MySQL auth) SMTP delivers mail to the right locations (virual user
boxes), however, it makes .maildir as a file, not a directory... Which
causes problems later.
Heres an example:
I make dir: /home/mail/domain/user
if I mkdir ./.maildir the SMTP fails to deliver however, if I don't
create the maildir, courier creates it for me (not a directory), a
file
called .maildir with -rw------- perms.
You need to create the maildir with the maildirmake command.
maildirmake .maildir
Courier will deliver to maildirs if they exist. Otherwise, it will
create
an mbox.
Well theres the problem =P
Is there any way to have courier auto-make a maildir instead of mbox?
(seems
like an appropriate feature)
Please keep list replies on the list...
Unfortunately, Courier will not autocreate maildirs.
If you are using Maildrop, you can add a check in the maildroprc or
.mailfilter to create the directory if it is not there. Quite a few people
don't like this idea since that check has to run for every email delivered.
If you've got a high-volume server, these checks can add up to a significant
slowdown.
A better idea would be to add a maildir structure to /etc/skel or find some
other way to have the maildir automatically created when you add the user.
You can also use a delivery line like this:
to "./.maildir/"
This will not create the directory, but it will cause delivery to fail and
keep the messages in the queue rather than creating an mbox. That way, when
you notice the mail backing up, you can create the maildir and the messages
will be delivered on the next attempt.
Bowie
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