Re: Another stupid question

[Bob Billson <reb@bhive.dhs.org>]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 07:20:11PM -0500, Tim Sailer wrote:
> OK, I'm number than I thought. I see nothing but a mere mention of
> maildir in one or two spots. Can you give a little more obvious pointer?

hrmm... You're right.  I can't find it either.  It used to be there.
That's where I found out how to do it.

Well, here is a relevant snippet from my exim.conf.  It should help get
you going.  Note I deliver mail on my machine to the directory
/home/$USER/Maildir rather than the *directory* /var/mail/$USER.  Either
way, you *also* need to create three subdirs: new, cur, and tmp, e.g.

mkdir /home/$USER/Maildir/{new,cur,tmp}

Without them, mail won't get delivered.  I found that out the hard way. :)
Hope this helps.  If not, give a yell.

            bob


######################################################################
#                      TRANSPORTS CONFIGURATION                      #
######################################################################
#                       ORDER DOES NOT MATTER                        #
#     Only one appropriate transport is called for each delivery.    #
######################################################################

[snip]

# This transport is used for handling file addresses generated by alias
# or .forward files if the path ends in "/", which causes it to be treated
# as a directory name rather than a file name. Each message is then delivered
# to a unique file in the directory. If instead you want all such deliveries to
# be in the "maildir" format that is used by some other mail software,
# uncomment the final option below. If this is done, the directory specified
# in the .forward or alias file is the base maildir directory.
#
# Should you want to be able to specify either maildir or non-maildir
# directory-style deliveries, then you must set up yet another transport,
# called address_directory2. This is used if the path ends in "//" so should
# be the one used for maildir, as the double slash suggests another level
# of directory. In the absence of address_directory2, paths ending in //
# are passed to address_directory.

address_directory:
  driver = appendfile
  no_from_hack
  prefix = ""
  suffix = ""
  maildir_format


# This transport is used for procmail

procmail_pipe:
  driver = pipe
  command = "/usr/bin/procmail -d ${local_part}"
  return_path_add
  delivery_date_add
  envelope_to_add
  check_string = "From "
  escape_string = ">From "
  user = $local_part
  group = mail


# Deliver local mail to maildir-type mailbox.
# Comment out 'directory = $home/Maildir' line and uncomment the two
# lines after it to deliver mail to /var/mail.

maildir_delivery:
  driver = appendfile
  no_from_hack
  prefix = ""
  suffix = ""
  maildir_format
  create_directory
  directory = $home/Maildir
# directory = /var/mail/${local_part}
# group = mail

end


######################################################################
#                      DIRECTORS CONFIGURATION                       #
#             Specifies how local addresses are handled              #
######################################################################
#                          ORDER DOES MATTER                         #
#   A local address is passed to each in turn until it is accepted.  #
######################################################################

[snip]


# This director matches local user mailboxes.
# It is the last of the directors

localuser:
  driver = localuser
  transport = maildir_delivery
# transport = local_delivery

end




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