courier is working very well here, with this setup: postfix->procmail->maildir->courier-imap
fetchmail also bolts on the front of postfix for a few pop accounts i have about the place (legacy of too many isp accounts) On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:32:55 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Cheetham wrote: > > > Jamie Dobbs wrote: > > > >>> Don't use .forward to redirect to .procmail, remove the .forward file > >>> and exim will go straight to .procmail (assuming you're still default). > >> > >> I tried this an couldn't get it to work that is why I ended up having to > >> use the .forward file > > > > > > Without seeing your exim.conf file I can't really say wht it didn't > > work. If you're taking the time to build a mailserver from scratch, > > it's a good goal to also try to understand *everything* present in the > > conf file (although not everything that *could* appear!). Exim's > > online docs are comprehensive, and there are books too. I have one ... > > > >>> Possibly don't trust probmail to deliver into maildir files. Early > >>> versions were not well implemented, and I'm not sure that this has > >>> changed. Safecat will do the job nicely. > >> > >> > >> I've had a Gentoo box running as a mail server using procmail/maildir > >> for > >> about a year with no issues so far so thought I should be able to do the > >> same thing udner Debian. > >> What is 'safecat' and what does it do? > > > > > > Well, I'm sure the procmail people have done their best to make > > Maildir delivery safe by now :-) It's just that the original Maildir > > implementors (djb for the algorithm, that should tell you something) > > have astronomically high standards, and can find reason to complain > > about virtually any code except their own. > > > > Safecat accepts a message on stdin, and a description of where the > > message is to go as arguments. It then guarantees to have the message > > places into the right place in the message store, atomically, before > > terminating. Failure is not an option :-) Failure might result in > > temporary files existing outside the message store, but not within it. > > Belt and braces. Overkill? Perhaps. It's also general-purpose enough > > to use in a .forward file to write directly into a Maildir, bypassing > > procmail entirely. > > > > Mind you, procmail is advised for other reasons :-) Volker will be > > doing a presentation on procmail in September. I'll be talking about > > mail in general ... > > http://clug.inode.co.nz/index.php/20040923presentation > > > > -jim > > > > > I'd say that if you really want to understand what's going on, then > sendmail's the only way to go. It's also the safest ( not my words, but > those of the top internet security techie at British Telecom ( sorry > Syntegra ) ). > > I'm playing at getting courier up at the moment, just to play with IMAP > again. However, it's still in Beta, and has been for years. > > Steve -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
