I looked into this and tried using '${exec_prefix}/bin/imapd /var/mail' 
and it didn't work out right. I assume that $LOGNAME is intended to be the 
login name? 

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Tib


On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Mogens Valentin wrote:

> Tib wrote:
> > 
> > I need courier imap to look for mail at the /var/mail/USERNAME level
> > rather than in Maildir style. How do I do this? I've tried looking through
> > the documentation and found references to the fact that it can, but never
> > how to do it. Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> In the /etc/rc.d/init.d/imapd startup script, you can change the Maildir
> location to something else.
> Look for a line like:
> 
>   ${exec_prefix}/bin/imapd Maildir"
> 
> I experimented some with maildir locations, and changed it into:
> 
>   ${exec_prefix}/bin/imapd $MAILDIR"
> 
> Somewhere in the beginning of the script, I define the maildir location:
> 
> MAILDIR="Maildir"
> #MAILDIR="/var/spool/imap/monz/Maildir"
> #MAILDIR="/var/spool/imap/$LOGNAME/Maildir"
> 
> Don't remember if the $LOGNAME actually worked :-
> 
> 


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