Re: Configuring Courier
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 01:36 pm, Upayavira wrote:
> I want to set up a Debian based mail server, with SMTP sending, IMAP and
> webmail. I am trying to do this with the Courier package. Actually, what
> I want, at the moment, is a self contained mail system, it doesn't have
> to deliver to the Internet. I'm using Sarge.
>
> I am having trouble getting mailboxes configured. When I send myself a
> mail (mail -s "hiya" upayavira), it creates a file called Maildir in my
> home directory. It looks rather like a 'mbox' file. If I delete that
> file, and create a proper Maildir with maildirmake ~/Maildir, then try
> sending again, I get "./Maildir: No such file or directory: No such file
> or directory" showing in my /var/log/syslog file.
>
> Similarly, when I have a ~/Maildir directory and log into the courier
> webmail system, I get "Internal error (module sqconfig.c, line 77) -
> contact system administrator". When I do it with an mbox file called
> ~/Maildir, I get "Unable to open the maildir for this account -- the
> maildir doesn't exist or has incorrect ownership or permissions".
>
> I suspect I'm very close, but I can't figure it out.
>
> So, can anyone either (a) help me fix the above or (b) tell me where I
> can get help fixing the above or (c) recommend a SMTP/IMAP/Webmail setup
> that is relatively easy to configure, and that can be installed with
> apt-get from Sarge?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Upayavira
This may be helpful to you:
http://talk.trekweb.com/~jasonb/articles/exim_maildir_imap.html
John
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