On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 05:42:33PM +0200 or thereabouts, Martin F Krafft wrote: > also sprach Rino Mardo (on Sat, 08 Sep 2001 11:39:54AM +0800): > > the question is: how do i setup a maildir structure in linux with the above > > configuration in mind. > > Maildir uses the directory ~/Maildir/ by default, so add the following > line to your postfix's main.cf: > > home_mailbox = Maildir/ > > from now on, postfix will deliver to Maildir/ in Maildir format > (because of the trailing slash, Maildir's "flag") by default. > > however, since you are using procmail, you don't have to make that > site-wide, because you can simply postfix your mailboxes with a slash > to make them Maildirs. for instance, the following procmailrc will > deliver to Maildirs. > > === > VERBOSE=no > LOGABSTRACT=yes > MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail > DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/inbox/ > > :0 > * ^Return-Path:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > $MAILDIR/debian/ > === > > which will write all messages to debian user into the ~/Mail/debian/ > Maildir (containing cur, tmp, and new), and everything else into > ~/Mail/inbox/ > > > and yes, Maildir is better by a factor of two thousand and one. > a thousand thanks man. it worked. though i made a mistake initially in creating the directories first whereas i should have let the mda create it.
i was able to move my default spool from "/var/mail/<user>" to "~/Mail/inbox/"
using a symlink from "/var/mail/<user>" to "~/Mail/inbox/".
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