are you saying that :
1. the way to "move" the /var/spool/mail/stefano mbox file to the
$HOME/Mail directory is by means of using a .procmailrc file whose
default action moves incoming mails to a folder called Inbox ?
2. In one of the previous mails, I mentioned that my IMAP directory
structure under $HOME/Mail is quite nested. So that if I have to
move, for instance, the mails coming from the Mdk Expert dist list
to the right folder, I would have to use a procmail action like
the following one:folder name:
Linux/Mandrake/Expert_4
In writing this, you mentioned that "It's not intended to be used
that way, but it can be."
What do you mean by that ? I mean, I have a hierarchy of IMAP
folders that gets translated into filesystems files and directories.
Which would be the alternative way ?Thanks a lot for your help. Best regards /stefano
Todd Lyons wrote:
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Stefano Pogliani wanted us to know:
1. what would I have to do to teach my system to place my
/var/spool/mail/stefano mbox file into my $HOME/Mail directory?
Basically you put a directive at the end of the procmailrc that will just deliver mail to a mailbox without checking to see if it matches anything. This is actually how I do it myself. Here's the end of my config file:
:0: Inbox
2. if I avoid to set the DEFAULT directive in .procmailrc, in
principle I would not have to care about the location of my "mbox"
file, right?
So, the interest in moving the mbox file from /var/spool/mail into
$HOME/Mail is "simply" because of quotas... right ?
Correct. In my case, I had a system originally with a /var partitiont hat was kind of small. So moving everything to /home (which was much larger) made sense for me. You may have adequately sized partitions which means you don't need to go through any contortions like I did.
In addition, I would add another advantage in doing what you
suggest. When I moved from 9.0 to 9.1, I backed up a lot of
things (including my $HOME) but, for some strange reason, I
forgot to backup /var/spool/mail....
So, when I restarted my 9.1 system, I lost all mails that where
still in the default inbox.... this would have never ghappened if
it was under HOME...
Good point.
So, one reason more to learn how to "safely" move this file under
HOME.
3. I heard other people talking good things about courier-imap.
On the other hand, MDK still provide UW as a default.
What is your point of view? Which are the advantages/disadvantages
of one package versus the other ?
I have a lot of experience with courier-imap. I like it, but it doesn't
work the same way as UW does. It takes a bit more to setup coruier. If
you're having problems with UW, then Courier is something that should
wait a bit for your skill level to advance. In that same light, this
conversation is much better suited to the Expert Mailing List than here
in Cooker. I suggest we move it over there.
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