procmail and maildir

[Derek Broughton]

Linda wrote:

> I know how to pick up mail with fetchmail and stick it in
> /var/mail/username as mbox format with procmail.
> I think I want to try using maildir instead of mbox format with dovecot.
> Every example I can find has you create maildir set up in the /home/user
> - Is there a reason you would not have the incoming mail stored on
> /var/mail or anything I should know about setting this up? 

No reason in the world.  I have my mail spool in /var/mail/$USER/ and
symlinks from $HOME/Maildir for some apps that preferred the mail to be
there.  otoh, I've had my mail in $HOME/Maildir/ with symlinks
from /var/mail/$USER/ before, and I'm still not sure which way is better.

> It just seems 
> if I keep the mail boxes for the imap server in /var it makes it easy to
> move it in the future to NFS or an additional hard drive if I need more
> space. It also makes mail backup easier since I can just back up
> /var/mail.

Exactly.  otoh, it makes _user_ file backup easier when it's in $HOME -
which is precisely why I can't decide which I prefer.
-- 
derek