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Re: Exim + Courier-IMAP setup



On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 22:47, ScruLoose wrote:
> I *think* I want to use /var/spool/<username>/  for the inbox maildir...
> (or /var/spool/<username>/inbox/  maybe?)
> Seems like if I have the /var partition, this is the sort of thing it's
> for, right?  Also, I may try to set up quotas so that a user's mailspool
> is counted separately from their home directory...
>
> So I understand that I need to edit /etc/exim/exim.conf and change a
> couple things in the local_delivery transport...
> 
> replace   file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
> with      directory = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
> (do I need to append /Maildir or /inbox or something on that?
> particularly if I want to allow my users to chop up their maildir into
> subfolders for filtering...?)
> And then I add maildir_format = true
> 
> Does this look correct (or at least plausible)?
> 

I dont know. However, I use procmail to deliver into the Maildir with
spamassassin in between as well. This works well.

> And then how do I tell courier-IMAP where to find the maildir?
> It's mentioned briefly in the manpage, but I couldn't tell where I'm
> supposed to change it.  ie what file is it defined in?
> 

As Jon Wood Mentions, you just have to change the init script in
/etc/init.d/courier-imap[-ssl]

I think that you can also set up an environment variable.

HTH,



Shri
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