On 12/10/2020 03:23 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 5:08 PM <the...@sys-concept.com> wrote: >> >> So I tried with setting: >> home_mailbox = .maildir >> (no forward "/", so it should be mbox type). > > Ok, your email is a bit confusing so I'm not quite sure what you're > trying to accomplish. I'm not sure why you'd want to stick an mbox > mailbox in a maildir path. > > Let's take this one step at a time and confirm everything is working > properly before going to the next step. > > Step 1 - Which mailbox standard do you want to use - mbox or maildir? > The answer to this question should be just one word, but feel free to > google pros/cons of each.
I'll stick with "mbox" type. > Step 2 - We'll confirm postfix is configured appropriately for that > choice and that it is delivering mail to the right place using shell > commands (cat/etc) and not touch thunderbird. > > Step 3 - We'll configure thunderbird to use the appropriate location. > > So, step 1 - which of the two formats do you WANT to use? mbox or > maildir? I don't care how the old host worked. I don't care how the > new host is working now. Which way do you WANT it to work? I was under impression that dir name shouldn't be a problem as long as it is the correct type "mbox" Since postifx main.cf had already home_mailbox = .maildir so I use it, instead of defining my own.
