Postfix mailbox location

[Derek Broughton]

Wade Smart wrote:

> After getting my fetchmail to work properly (thanks guys :D)
> postfix produced an error:
> 
> postfix/local: status = bounced (cannot update mailbox
> /home/wadesmart/data/wadesmart/Maildir for user wadesmart.)
> 
> My mail was in /home/wadesmart/Maildir on my old system.
> Now my old home is mounted as /data and my mail is located at
> /data/wadesmart/Maildir.

Except that you explicitly showed us something where the directory was 
specified as "data/...".  If you want it in /data, you need to specify it as 
/data!
> 
> I was reading the postfix manual and it says "Optional pathname of a
> mailbox file relative to a local(8) user's home directory."
> Im reading that to mean I cant put my mail where it is at - correct?
> So can I not have it outside my /home directory?

Sure, but why not just accept the defaults?  It's so much easier all around.  
Postfix will put it where it wants, and dovecot will magically find it.
-- 
derek