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.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com