Have you set the proper ownership of the directories

$cd /home/user
$ls -l Maildir

If Maildir is not owned by the user then:

$chown user.group -R Maildir

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allama Hicham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 1:15 AM
Subject: Send a mail


> Hi everyone,
> I'm using qmail and Unix.
> I'm using Life with qmail.
> I'm chosing the Maildir.
> I'don't  know how an account in /etc/passwd can be a "normal" user for
> qmail.
> When a send a mail to user (in /etc/passwd)   and I open the
> /var/log/syslog, I
> find that message
>  "delivery26.: failure :Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._(#5.1.1)/"
> I have read the INSTALL.maildir :
> I have created the Maildir :
>                 # maildirmake $HOME/Maildir
>   $HOME it is the account's home directory appers in /etc/passwd ?
>                 # echo ./Maildir/ > ~/.qmail
>  I m replacing ./Mailbox with ./Maildir in /var/qmail/rc
>  I have read the qmail-getpw, but I don't know how account's
> homedirectory can be
>  visible to qmail-getpw.
> Thank you all,
>  Allama.
> 

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