Hi I am a new user to Courier (installed on FreeBSD from ports collection), but a long time qmail and sendmail user, and have found the following list of installation issues.
The last remaining issue is that courierdeliver is storing messages in mbox format in a file called $HOME/Maildir. From the source I found out that if the maildir doesn't exist the code path causes it to deliver in mbox format to the specified mailbox path (in this case ./Maildir). I first tried creating a Maildir directory but that didn't work. From qmail documents I determined that a Maildir needs a tmp, new and cur subdirectory, and once I created these it started working as expected. Is there any way to automate this? Or should this manual step be taken for each account being added? Will using maildrop be any different. The maildrop man page talks about a maildroprc config file which didn't come in my download of courier. So I don't feel confident to just start using this program without it having any deliver configuration. The other hurdles I managed to overcome... ESMTP server doesn't start by default. I had actually giving up on this and moved on to IMAP. While reading the IMAP docs it mentioned a config to start the IMAP daemon. I wondered if ESMTP had the same option and found it. The install docs and FAQ do not mention this rather important item. Interestingly the config file mentions something about not defaulting to ON until courier has a larger user base. I thought it was rather ironic because the default setting causes grief to new users and will actively work to prevent the user base from growing. Also the install docs talk about an esmtpdacceptmailfor file but my install has an esmtpacceptmailfor.dir directory. There is also an aliasdir directory which appears unused (or at least no documented). So a few little glitches to sidetrack the new user. As a side issue, what is the difference between a domain in "locals" and a "hosteddomains". The webadmin seems to treat them differently, but I believe both sets of domains deliver to local mailboxes and is handled locally. Thanks. __________________________________________________ John Saunders -- ResMed Limited (OSA Group) 97 Waterloo Road, North Ryde NSW 2113, Australia. Phone: +61-2-9886-5433� Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Warning: Copyright ResMed. Where the contents of this email and/or attachment includes materials prepared by ResMed, the use of those materials is subject exclusively to the conditions of engagement between ResMed and the intended recipient. This communication is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. By the use of email over the Internet or other communication systems, ResMed is not waiving either confidentiality of, or legal privilege in,the content of the email and of any attachments. If the recipient of this message is not the intended addressee, please call ResMed immediately on +61 2 9886 5000 Sydney, Australia. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
