Paul Heinlein wrote:
Does anyone have a handy example or howto pointer for the matching config changes needed to make sendmail/procmail deliver in maildir format in home directories and for dovecot to access it there?
The key is ensuring that there's a trailing forward-slash on all directory paths. :-)
We deliver all mail to $HOME/maildir; /etc/procmailrc reads
# # /etc/procmailrc # # unless otherwise specified by a user's ~/.procmailrc, all inbound # messages are delivered to a users ~/maildir folder. the trailing # slash is important: it indicates Maildir (not mbox) format. DEFAULT=$HOME/maildir/
User procmailrc files run in the same vein, e.g.,
# user .procmailrc MAILDIR=$HOME/maildir
:0
- ^List-Id:.*<centos.centos.org>
.mailinglists.centos/
For Dovecot, the key directive is mail_location:
mail_location = maildir:%h/maildir
The dovecot.conf file also has some maildir-specific directives; I make sure maildir files are copied with hard links (which won't work over NFS):
maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes
Does that help?
Yes, thanks. I sort-of understand the concepts but it is always good to have known-working examples to get the syntax right.