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carlosinfl 10-15-2007 03:58 PM
Maildir on Postfix Email Server
 
Guys - I just built a new email server on CENTOS5 running postfix and nothing more. Right now I simply sending internal email messages testing delivery and it works however in my /etc/postfix/main.cf file, I specified how I want the users mailbox directory to be enabled on their server:

Code:
# The home_mailbox parameter specifies the optional pathname of a
# mailbox file relative to a user's home directory. The default
# mailbox file is /var/spool/mail/user or /var/mail/user.  Specify
#home_mailbox = Mailbox
#home_mailbox = Maildir/
home_mailbox = mailbox/
So when I run the following mutt command to check email on my users account, why does it ask me to create Maildir/ directory?

Code:
mutt -f /home/carlos/mailbox/

/home/carlos/Mail does not exist. Create it? ([yes]/no):
When I select no, it then takes me to /home/carlos/mailbox/ and I can see all my internal emails sitting in that directory but why does it want to create a Maildir directory when the main.cf file has the parameter set specifically to use mailbox and not Maildir?

ray_80 10-15-2007 06:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlwill (Post 2925274)
Guys - I just built a new email server on CENTOS5 running postfix and nothing more. Right now I simply sending internal email messages testing delivery and it works however in my /etc/postfix/main.cf file, I specified how I want the users mailbox directory to be enabled on their server:

Code:
# The home_mailbox parameter specifies the optional pathname of a
# mailbox file relative to a user's home directory. The default
# mailbox file is /var/spool/mail/user or /var/mail/user.  Specify
#home_mailbox = Mailbox
#home_mailbox = Maildir/
home_mailbox = mailbox/
So when I run the following mutt command to check email on my users account, why does it ask me to create Maildir/ directory?

Code:
mutt -f /home/carlos/mailbox/

/home/carlos/Mail does not exist. Create it? ([yes]/no):
When I select no, it then takes me to /home/carlos/mailbox/ and I can see all my internal emails sitting in that directory but why does it want to create a Maildir directory when the main.cf file has the parameter set specifically to use mailbox and not Maildir?
What is the system wide configuration for Mutt set for?

man mutt

Did you look at your muttrc file(s)? have you tried another client to test your set up?


Regards

carlosinfl 10-16-2007 08:50 AM
No, I did not even know MUTT had a config file. I thought it would just go by the postfix main.cf file. Thanks for giving me something to look into!

ray_80 10-16-2007 09:07 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlwill (Post 2926137)
No, I did not even know MUTT had a config file. I thought it would just go by the postfix main.cf file. Thanks for giving me something to look into!
Glad I could help. Please let us know your solution.

Regards


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