Better use link to /var/spool/mail and ONE software (?standalone). ;-)
But might be qmail-pop3d make it mbox support in future?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Cazabon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: How set ONLY Mailbox work mode in qmail?
> Michail A.Baikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > If you need mail delivered to /var/spool/mail/$USER, then you don't
> > > want or need Maildirs.
> >
> > But qmail not work in only maildirs mode. pop3 daemon know about ONLY
> > Maildirs! :-(
> [...]
> > in $HOME :
> >
> > echo -n >.qmail
> > echo ./Maildir/ > .qmail
> > ln -s /var/spool/mail/bob Maildir
> >
> > and all work, but this curved :-/
> >
> > I am want use Mailbox in $HOME. And kill Maildir with /var/spool/mail/*
> > qmail-pop3d not work with Mailbox :-(
>
> You're really confused here. A Maildir is not just an mbox named
"Maildir".
> They're fundamentally different. Programs which expect mail to be stored
> in mbox format in /var/spool/mail/$USER will not understand a Maildir
there,
> which is what you're trying to accomplish above.
>
> Yes, qmail-pop3d does not understand anything but Maildirs. So use
> qpopper instead; it can use /var/spool/mail/$USER mboxes.
>
> Charles
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