[Techtalk] using courier pop and maildir oddness

[Carla Schroder]

I'm having an odd problem with Courier POP and Postfix. Courier requires 
Maildir folders. I have Maildir set as the default in Kmail, and my existing 
Kmail folders, in ~/Mail, are an eclectic blend of mbox and Maildir. But 
user's folders in /var/mail are mbox. So when I check mail with Kmail, 
Courier whines about "Maildir: No such file or directory". 

In main.cf, I have 
home_mailbox = Maildir/
mail_spool_directory = /var/mail

In /etc/pop3d, I have:
# MAILDIRPATH=Maildir
MAILDIRPATH=/var/mail/

I can send messages over the LAN, and they land in /var/mail/$user. But they 
are in mbox format. So I can retrieve messages with telnet or mail, but not 
with a POP mail client.

any ideas what's going on? Is /var/mail/$user supposed to store all messages 
in a single flat file, then the mail client translates to Maildir? Why is 
Courier complaining? 

thanks!
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