Re: courier-imap setup - can't authenticate and maildir Q
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, David Gaudine wrote:
> On Monday, November 3, 2003, at 03:56 PM, Carlos Sousa wrote:
>
> > Besides, an imap server doesn't really work with an MTA. It just sits
> > on
> > top of a few directories and distributes mail to connecting clients
> > according to a configured set of rules. So go ahead and use sendmail
> > and
> > courier-imap, no reason it shouldn't work, especially because none of
> > them has to be aware of the other.
>
> The reason I'm concerned is that courier-imap uses the Maildir format
> (it may also work with /var/spool/mail, but if so that defeats my
> purpose
> in considering it.) Does Sendmail allow that format? I didn't see
> any sign of it, but I've missed things before. Meanwhile I've gone
> ahead and started using Exim, at least for now.
How the mail gets stored is of no concern to the MTA (sendmail, postfix,
etc.) - That is the job of the MDA.
The MDA shipped with sendmail (LMTP), does not support Maildir, but you
can have sendmail hand the delivery job to procmail, or other MDAs that
do support Maildir format.
--
Rick Nelson
<Deek> That reminds me, we'll need to buy a chainsaw for the office. "In
case of emergency, break glass"
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