mbox and Maildir

sectioneight · 04-05-2007, 11:25 PM

Hello,

I am having a problem that is making me pull my hair out...

I have configured courier and postfix to do my email.

procmail seems to be saving all my email in mbox format as opposed to Maildir format, no matter what I try my mail always goes to /var/mail/$user

I have even re-compiled procmail after editing the config.h and setting up my maildir in there.

I am going insane because of this, please someone help me!

billymayday · 04-06-2007, 12:09 AM

You don't say what you've tried.

Have you set

home_mailbox = Maildir/

in postfix's main.cf?

sectioneight · 04-06-2007, 01:01 AM

Sorry, I have done that.
I have recompiled procmail with Default Maildir set in config.h
I have set DEFAULT= and MAILDIR= to mailbox_command
I have setup /etc/procmailrc with DEFAULT and MAILDIR

My /etc/postfix/main.cf:

Code:

home_mailbox = Maildir/
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
myhostname = mydomain.com
mydestination = mydomain.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
virtual_alias_domains =
virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf, mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_email2emai$
virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf
virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf
virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail
virtual_uid_maps = static:5000
virtual_gid_maps = static:5000
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key
transport_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_transports.cf
virtual_create_maildirsize = yes
virtual_mailbox_extended = yes
virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf
virtual_mailbox_limit_override = yes
virtual_maildir_limit_message = "The user you are trying to reach is over quota."
virtual_overquota_bounce = yes
proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps$
content_filter = amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024
receive_override_options = no_address_mappings

jlinkels · 04-06-2007, 09:41 AM

Usually when you make configuration changes which are not being obeyed, either the config file is not used, (or the wrong copy) or the program is not being called at all. This is especially true for this kind of tried and proven programs.

Can you check that procmail is being called (log files etc), and that the correct .procmailrc (note the dot) file is being called (write an error in this file that will likely cause procmail to crash).

jlinkels

Berhanie · 04-06-2007, 07:26 PM

Code:

home_mailbox = Maildir/
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"

Because you're using procmail as the local delivery agent, it's pointless to define home_mailbox. The problem you're having is probably with your .procmailrc, which should look exactly like this (in its simplest form):

Code:

DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/

Note the trailing slash, which informs procmail that this is a maildir. Don't forget to create that directory beforehand:

Code:

mkdir ~/Maildir

Procmail will create the necessary subdirectories when mail is first delivered.

[Edit]Since you're using courier, it's probably better to use maildirmake to create your maildir.[/Edit]