[Techtalk] using courier pop and maildir oddness

Devdas Bhagat devdas at dvb.homelinux.org
Thu May 20 20:26:48 EST 2004


On 19/05/04 20:40 -0700, Carla Schroder wrote:
> 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
local(8) will prefer home_mailbox over mail_spool_directory
Hence, if you are using the Postfix LDA, the mail_spool_directory is
irrelevant.
<you have already covered the rest>

Devdas Bhagat


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