At 10:22 PM -0400 4/23/01, Dean Staff wrote:
> On 23 Apr 2001, at 19:41, Jordan Snyder wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dean Staff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Subscribers of Qpopper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 5:17 PM
>> Subject: qpopper and qmail?
>>
>>
>> > I just subscribed to this list 30 seconds ago, so if my question
> has
>> > already been discussed please forgive me...
>> >
>> > I'm trying to get qpopper 4 to work with qmail. qmail qmail uses
> the
>> > $home/Maildir/new/unique_file_name_for_each_message
> spool, so if I
>> > read the Qpopper admin guide properly, using the "--enable-
> home-
>> > mail=Maildir" option will not work, because Qpopper is still
> looking
>> > for a single file that contains all the incoming mail for a user.
>> > (same as the default /var/spool/mail/username, just in a
> different
>> > location.)
>> >
>> > Has anyone had any experience getting Qpopper to work with
> qmail?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
>> > Dean
>> >
>
>> Dean,
>>
>> "./configure --enable-home-dir-mail=Mailbox "
>>
>> This was my first post to the list too (: BUT it's in the FAQ.
>>
>> http://www.eudora.com/qpopper/faq.html#homedirmail
>>
>> (Hope I understood the question correctly.)
>>
> Hi Jordon,
> Thanks for answering me.
>
> I have read the FAQ, and the Admin guide that comes with
> Qpopper 4. But both references about $Home/Mailbox, but they
> were unclear as to whether qpopper was acually compatible with
> the qmail ../Maildir spool, or if it just moves the
> /var/spool/mail/user_mail_file to $home/Mail_file.
> The Admin Guide mentions the --enable-home-mail =file option. But
> the "=file" part, to me, means it just replaces one spool file for
> another, and does not support the unique file for each message
> format that qmail uses. Am I wrong? (I'm actually hoping I am...)
>
> I guess what I need to know is, did you get it working? If I'm on the
> right track I'll keep working on it, if not I'll have to see if there is
> another way.
>
> Thanks again.
> Dean
>
>
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> Dean Staff Kanata On. Canada
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Qpopper supports 'home dir mail', where the spool file is in the
user's home directory. I believe qmail supports this. Qpopper does
not currently support 'maildir', where the spool is replaced by
individual files in a directory.
