Paul Mackinney declaimed: > Patrick Hsieh declaimed: > > Hello list, > > > > I use postfix and Maildir together. > > When I export MAIL=$HOME/Maildir, mutt can read the inbox. > > But when I send mail out, it will not backup in the $HOME/Maildir/.Sent > > directory. How to make it work? > I've been using mutt with mbox, fairly happy. > > I understand the argument for maildir (all eggs not in one basket), are > there any cons? > > Also, if I want to migrate to a maildir setup > -advice on doing it safely? > -I gather that most muttrc commands that reference mboxes with work fine > if I replace the mbox files with maildirs with the same names. Any > gotchas? Thanks for the advice, I still seem to have hit the gotchas. Converting mboxes to Maildirs worked fine, but now all my incoming mail is getting frozen the the /var/mail/user file.
Here's what I've done: Uncommented the 'maildir_format' line in the address_directory section of /etc/exim/exim.conf. This seems straightforward given the comments in the file. Restarted exim. Added a trailing '/' to the mailboxes in my .forward file, and used mutt to create the actual maildir directories with the right names. Reduced my .forward file to: |# Exim filter |if error_message then | finish |endif | |save $home/Mail/inbox/ What next? Please cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your replies so I can read them without having to manually unfreeze & forward them. TIA, Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]