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Jgrimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 2007-Nov-02:
> 
> from this i am assuming that i incorrectly set up touch'ed files in the
> //var/spool/mail/virtual// directory rather than directories.
> does courier have a utility to configure those ? or can i get it to use
> the postfix files in the //var/spool/mail/virtual// directory. which is
> better? the
> sendmail like files from postfix or the directories that courier is
> looking for ? am i way off base w/my line of thinking ?
> 

You should probably go and read the courier INSTALL documentation again
before you go any further.  It's the definitive guide to setting up
Courier.  http://www.courier-mta.org/install.html

Courier IMAP and Courier POP require that the mail be stored in
maildirs, not the older mbox format.  Fortunately postfix can deliver to
either. So tell postfix to deliver to maildirs.
http://www.postfix.org/faq.html#maildir

Then for each user you'll need to create a maildir called 'Maildir' in
their HOME directory.  Use the 'maildirmake' utility which comes with
courier to create them.  So if user 'bob' has a HOME directory defined
as '/var/spool/mail/virtual/bob', then you need to run

maildirmake /var/spool/mail/virtual/bob/Maildir

Then make sure it's owned by the uid and gid you assigned this user in
your database.

If you already have mail for these users on your server, then you need
to convert their mbox to the Maildir format.  There are utilities on the
internet to do this.

HTH

Jeff Jansen
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