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