Thanks Brian!!! Commenting out home_mailbox took care of the problem. I appreciate the help -- Dean
On Fri, 2013-05-31 at 13:21 -0400, Brian Evans wrote: > On 5/31/2013 12:51 PM, Dean Guenther wrote: > > I suspect I'm just missing something when converting from the earlier > > postfix to the newer postfix (and dovecot). Why am I getting these tmp > > and new files under /home/user/mail? > > This is a sign you are saving in maildir format. > > > > Its probably not related, but I noticed with my NFS4 mount that I can't > > use dot locking. I had to use fcntl instead. > > > > > > Here is what I've configured: > > > > # postconf -n > > home_mailbox = mail/ > > mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail > > > [snipped for clarity] > home_mailbox takes precidence over mail_spool_directory. When either > has end with /, maildir is used. > > > # dovecot -n > > # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-220.el6.i686 i686 CentOS release 6.2 (Final) > > > > mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u > > > However your POP3/IMAP server is looking for mbox format. > > Suggest removing, commenting out the home_mailbox parameter if you want > to use mbox to have local(8) save INBOX messages to /var/spool/mail. > > Brian -- Dean Guenther Internet: [email protected] Washington State University Phone: 509 335-0433 Pullman, WA. 99164-1222 fax: 509 335-0540 Identity and Access Management & UNIX System Admin
