aqw> courier-imap isn't picking up my $MAILDIR env.
aqw> i've got it set when I login, but when I imap, it defaults to
aqw> ~/.Maildir. not /var/mail/$user, as set by $MAILDIR.
mrsam> ... as set by who?
aqw>as set by ~/.profile, in the users' homedir.
mrsam> Logging in via IMAP does not run any shell that reads
mrsam> $HOME/.profile. Just because this is what happens when you
mrsam> log in to a shell account, via telnet or ssh, doesn't mean
mrsam> that the same thing is going to happen with an IMAP login. In
mrsam> fact, most of the time IMAP mail accounts are mail-only
mrsam> accounts, and have no corresponding system account, with a
mrsam> .profile, to log into.
Yes, this is what I have found. So I know misconfiguration is afoot.
I'm writing because the docs have not been clear enough to tell me in
which file I need to set MAILDIR, and what syntax it should be so
courier-imap knows to use /var/mail/$user, instead of
/home/$user/Maildir.
probably repetition I know, but here is the relevant snippet from imapd
manpage that I've been referring to, and alas, is not helping me:
[...]
The last daisy-chained command is imapd, which is the
actual IMAP server, which is started from the logged-in
account's home directory. The sole argument to imapd is the
pathname to the default IMAP mailbox, which is usually Some
authentication modules are capable of specifying a
different filename, by setting the MAILDIR environment
variable.
[...]
FILES AND ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
AUTH* imapd examines several environment variables whose
names start with AUTH - these environment variables
are set by imaplogin and the authentication mod-
ules. Their absence tells imapd that it's running
from the command line.
MAILDIR
MAILDIR - if defined, imapd changes its directory
to the one specified by this environment variable.
Otherwise imapd changes its directory to the one
specified on the command line.
[...]
If you know the syntax for changing the setting of $MAILDIR, I would very much
like to know.
Thanks in Advance,
Andrew
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