mbox maildir

[Jonathan McLoughlin]

Sorted

edit or create /etc/procmailrc

DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/



On 05/03/06, Phillip Susi <psusi at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> If you are using procmail, then postfix doesn't actually deliver the mail, so it ignores the home_mailbox directive.  Postfix just hands the mail to procmail, so you need to configure procmail to drop it in the Maildir.  I forget how to do this offhand, and the machine I have configured that way is at work, so I'll have to check tomorrow.
>
> Jonathan McLoughlin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to begin using the email and have configure postfix+procmail
> >
> > At present procmail is delivering mail to /var/mail and it is in the mbox format
> > I want to get it to deliver in the maildir format to $HOME/.maildir
> >
> > How is this possible?
> >
> > I have added
> > home_mailbox = Maildir/
> > to postfix/main.cf however it continues to deliver to /var/mail/
> >
> > Any help appreciated
> >
>
>
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