Hi,
Sorry if the answer is dead obvious. Just point me in the direction of
simple instrutions. I've been asked to help out a local charity with
their Linux box. I know something about Linux but not a great deal. I'd
heard of qmail, sendmail etc but before last night I'd never played with
mailers. The bloke who setup up the server is travelling around the
world and can't be contacted most of the time.
The system is running fine. Fetchmail connects to the ISP and downloads
email. Qmail then distributes the mail. I've added some new users and
they'll need mail. There's nothing in /etc/skel so I've got to work add
to their homedirs. Maildirs are in use.
I think the following two commands should setup the Maildir in the new
acounts. The user should log in and execute the following two commands
in their home directories:
/var/qmail/bin/maildirmake $HOME/Maildir
echo ./Maildir/ > ~/.qmail
Alternatively root could do it and then chown.
Is that it? Do I have to mess around in the QMAILHOME/users/assign file?
A section on this issue for total newbies in the HOWTO FAQ would be
great. Unfortunately, it's confusing if you're are going straight to
qmail without any previous mailer experience and don't know the basics.
Thanks a lot,
Conall O'Brien
