On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 07:29:16PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote:
| Christian Schoenebeck declaimed:
| > > I've been trying to switch from mbox to maildir, but exim won't deliver
| > > to my maildirs. Here's the relevant section of my exim.conf:
| >
| > I replaced the local_delivery section by:
| >
| > local_delivery:
| > driver = appendfile
| > create_directory = true
| > directory_mode = 700
| > directory = ${home}/Maildir
^^^^^^^^^
| > group = mail
| > mode = 0660
| > envelope_to_add = true
| > return_path_add = true
| > maildir_format
| >
| > That works for me. I also found a nice perl script which converts old mbox
->
| > Maildir. Let me know if you need it.
| Well this doesn't hurt at any rate, the old system of having the primary
| deliver go to
|
| file = /var/spool/mail/${localpart}
^^^^
Do note that you must use the "directory =" option, not the "file ="
option in conjunction with "maildir_format".
| was also working. The mbox or Maildir specified in the local_delivery
| transport of exim.conf gets the mail. The problem is that my .forward
| file won't file mail to Maildirs, just mboxes. A stripped down example
| is:
|
| # Exim filter
| if error_message then
| finish
| endif
|
| if $h_Subject contains "mailtest" then
| seen save $home/Maildir/test/
^
| else
| save $home/Maildir/inbox
^
| endif
| finish
| # end .forward
|
| According to the comments in exim.conf:TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION, it's
| the address_directory transport that handles addresses generated by
| .forward files. Could you send me that section?
It handles addresses that have a trailling slash. If it doesn't have
a trailling slash, the "address_file" transport handles it.
(see the the arrows I inserted above)
-D
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