Sorry this is a bit off-topic, but I know how frustrating it is when
something is not working.
As Randall points out you can only use Qpopper with qmail if you are using
one Mailbox for each user. In this case Qpopper works fine and you install
using
./configure --enable-home-dir-mail=Mailbox
though don't forget if you have shadow passwords the --enable-specialauth
option too.
In order to use qmail's maildir delivery you can use the pop3 server which
comes with qmail namely qmail-pop3d. To get it to work you will need also
to install ucspi-tcp and checkpassword (or one of the alternatives to
checkpassword). Check out the FAQ and/or life with qmail which also
outline other pop3 servers.
HTH
Peter
At 22:38 23/04/01 -0700, Randall Gellens wrote:
>At 10:22 PM -0400 4/23/01, Dean Staff wrote:
>
>> On 23 Apr 2001, at 19:41, Jordan Snyder wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> > 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.
>
