Re: maildirmake
On Thursday 15 January 2004 02:23, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:37:16AM -0500, Mike Mueller wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 January 2004 04:59, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 02:39:21PM -0500, Mike Mueller wrote:
> > 4. throw in spam filtering
>
> you can do basic spam filtering with procmail OR add other
> stuff-spamassasin...
Answers that question before I asked it. Thanks.
>
> > 5. MUA->nullmailer->SMTP Smart Relay
>
> dont know what this is.
SMTP-smarthost, the server at smtp.myisp.com
>
> > I am avoiding sendmail because (IMO) it's big and does things I don't
> > need.
>
> it was MY choice but it is not DEBIAN's default. exim3 or 4 can be
> configured with d-u peoples' help in a flash.
Will go read up on exim then - being attracted to the "flash" part of the
deal.
>
> > I wish I could find the Young Folks Book of OSS Email Solutions with big
> > colorful pictures and simple statements about the benefits and drawbacks
> > of each configuration (links appreciated). Without that book I am left
> > to assemble what I think is the simplest collection of tools for my
> > situation in a trial-and-error fashion. At the outset, by using getmail,
> > I am faced with the daunting choice of mbox versus maildirs. Great. All
> > I need is a controversy.
>
> I think these become more of an issue when you want to: store GB of
> mail, backup GB of mail or do custom searches of GB of mail. maildir is
> better for those. there is also noproblem with mbox<->maildir conversion
> if ever there is a need. This is the benefit of open source. choices and
> freedom.
I am reading GB == Gigabytes, meaning lots of it. Choices and freedom are
good. I'm still learning to manage it. Thinking is hard and time-consuming.
Can't I just buy a decision or have a politician tell me what's good ;-).
<snip>
> as I said before, after you set up the procmail script and setup either
> a file or a directory, procmail will do what you said. no need to do
> anything else.
OK. I'll try that next.
>
> SO, if you do:
> touch /home/$USER/mail/debian-user
> you have made a mbox
> if you do:
> mkdir /home/$USER/mail/debian-user
> you have made a maildir
> voila!
mbox is a file with each message being an entry into the file (there's some
sort of index into the file?), maildir is a directory system with each mail
being a file. (No day is a waste when you learn something.)
procmail must create the /tmp, /cur, /new subdirs.
<snip>
> I started out with mbox and still use it. but one day I will take the
> maildir plunge. with maildir there are many benefits.
Upon installing getmail there was a configuration message basically saying
getmail doesn't support mbox and that mbox is fraught with peril, and so
began my exposure to maildir.
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Mike Mueller
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