Have you checked /etc/PROFILE? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walter Holladay Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 8:53 PM To: Jordan Curzon; Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List Subject: Re: Courier imap setup question.
Neither $user, nor %u seems to working. The mail keeps going to $HOME/Maildir/ Jordan Curzon wrote: >The postfix variable for the usename is %u. > >On 5/9/05, Von Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>* Walter Holladay [Sat, 7 May 2005 at 17:39 -0600] >> >> >>>I'm trying to setup a mail server using Postfix and courier-imap. >>>However, the documentation is a bit confusing. In /etc/postfix/main.cf >>>it says: >>># DELIVERY TO MAILBOX >>># >>># The home_mailbox parameter specifies the optional pathname of a >>># mailbox file relative to a user's home directory. The default >>># mailbox file is /var/spool/mail/user or /var/mail/user. Specify >>># "Maildir/" for qmail-style delivery (the / is required). >>># >>>#home_mailbox = Mailbox >>>#home_mailbox = Maildir/ >>> >>>This is confusing because on the one hand it says you specify the >>>pathname relative to the user's home dir. But then is says the default >>>is /var/spool/mail/user. The only way I could make it work is to create >>>a Maildir directory in my home using "maildirmake." However, I would >>>rather have the Maildir be in /var/spool/mail. So.. what do I have to do >>>in order to make the Maildir reside in /var/spool/mail/user? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Walter >>> >>> >>I think postfix has a $user variable that can be used to substitute the >>username, though I haven't verified this so you'll want to test. >>Anyway, doing something like >>home_mailbox = /var/spool/mail/$user >>should do the trick. >> >>Von Fugal >> >> >>BodyID:36794696.2.n.logpart (stored separately) >> >>.===================================. >>| This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | >>| Don't Fear the Penguin. | >>| IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | >>`===================================' >> >> >> >> >.| This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | >| Don't Fear the Penguin. | >| IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | >` > > .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `===================================' -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 88 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now! .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
