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Old 02-16-2008, 12:19 AM   #1
satimis
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mails never arrive nor rejected


Hi folks,


Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64
Postfix 2.3.8
SquirrelMail version 1.4.11



I discovered the cause of the non-arrival of incoming mails to users. The mails were not rejected.

Users have their mailbox on $HOME/Maildir. Addtionally they have another mail_files on;

$ ls /var/mail/
Maildir user1 user2 user3 user4 etc.

$ ls /var/mail/Maildir/
cur new tmp

/var/mail/Maildir/cur and /tmp are empty
/var/mail/Maildir/new having spam mails


Each time when new mails arrive the same will be added on their mail-files on /var/mail. For such a reason the new mails never arrive on $HOME/Maildir.


When creating a new account with;

$ sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash user100

New mail box will be created on user's $HOME/Maildir automatically. However the first new mail to user100 will create a new mail_file on /var/mail/user100. All later mails to user100 will be added on /var/mail/user100 (the mail_file)


Please advise where shall I check and how to fix this problem. I don't need mail_files. I need all incoming mails delivered on respective $HOME/Maildir. TIA


B.R.
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Old 02-17-2008, 01:34 PM   #2
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What is your home_mailbox set to in your /etc/postfix/main.cf file?
 
Old 02-17-2008, 01:42 PM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by www.postfix.org/faq.html
Support for maildir-style mailboxes

Maildir is a specific one-file-per-message organization that was introduced with the qmail system by Daniel Bernstein. In order to turn on maildir-style delivery, specify, for example:
/etc/postfix/main.cf:
home_mailbox = Maildir/
Any relative pathname that ends in / turns on maildir delivery. The home_mailbox value is appended to the user's home directory pathname.
The maildir format is also supported with delivery via aliases or via .forward files. Specify /file/name/ as destination. The trailing / turns on maildir delivery.


I have my home_mailbox setup exactly as described above on Ubuntu and it uses my home directory Maildirs.
 
  


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