I built a new Postfix server this weekend and I noticed that even
though I specified Maildir style mailboxes, for some reason I
continuously get a file in a users home directory called "mbox". I am
trying to avoid this file being created. It was my understanding that
if you specify Maildir/ style mailboxes, it will dump all email in a
directory on that users home folder, no?
Here is I see and also the output of postconf -n
email:~# cd /home/carlos/
email:/home/carlos# ls -l
total 8
drwx------ 5 carlos users 4096 2008-08-15 17:49 Maildir
-rw------- 1 carlos users 500 2008-08-17 15:44 mbox
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
append_dot_mydomain = no
biff = no
config_directory = /etc/postfix
home_mailbox = Maildir/
inet_interfaces = all
mailbox_size_limit = 0
mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain, localhost.$mydomain, localhost
myhostname = email.example.net
mynetworks = 10.1.0.0/16, 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
myorigin = example.net
readme_directory = no
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost =
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtpd_use_tls = yes
Why do I this mbox file under my users home directory and is it
possible to avoid this file generation and just have all my email
queue up in /home/$user?
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