On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:55:18 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jamie Dobbs wrote: > > >Ok, this is what I have done so far: > > > >Maildir mail on exim > > > >Standard Debian install > >Exim set up using option 1 > > > >Now we tell exim to deliver to procmail and procmail will deliver to the > >maildirs (and filter as required) > > > >Put the line |/usr/bin/procmail into to the .forward file in the users > >$HOME directory,it is probably safest to ensure that this is the only line > >in the file. > > > >Now we need to create the maildir, for this we do it manually as > >installing maildirmake on Debian appears to be a bit painful and requires > >installing another package which holds this command as one of its parts. > >The create the maildir (I use .maildir as it is what I am used to), run > >these command from the users home directory (as the user): > > > >mkdir .maildir > >mkdir .maildir/cur > >mkdir .maildir/new > >mkdir .maildir/tmp > > > >Now we need to create a .procmailrc file to filter the incoming mail and > >place it into the maildir we have just created: > > > >MAILDIR=$HOME/.maildir/ > >DEFAULT=$MAILDIR > > > >## put any procmail recepies here > > > >#one as an example > >:0 > >� ^Subject:.Cron* > >� .cron_jobs/ > > > >#always ensure that the destination directory ends with a / otherwise it > >will deliver to an mbox style file rather than a maildir style directory. > > > >This appears to work so far, the next steps are to get fetchmail going > >(that�s pretty easy), an IMAP daemon running, then a webmail interface so > >I can check my emails from work on the new Debian mail server. > > > >If there is sufficient interest I am willing to document the entire > >process and post to the list, hopefully there won�t be any glaring errors > >in it, or in what I have done so far! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > isn't there a mkmaildirs command or similar (or is that a part of courier)? > > Steve good point, usually the maildir needs to exist before the first delivery takes place. mkdir does not work. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
