> Thanks for the response. I have changed /var/qmail/rc to use Maildir instead
> of Mailbox. I removed Mailbox and the link on my home directory.
>
> Now when I send a mail to for example to myself, it goes but I cannot read
> it. I have created Maildir directory under $home, so it's $home/Maildir but
> there is nothing in there!
>
> Where is the mail going to?
How do you know nothing is there? there should be 3 subdirectories in
the maildir: cur, tmp, new
Is there anything in any of them?
are you checking your mail via POP3 or are you running an MUA on the
host? If you are running pine on the host, you need a patched version
that recognizes maildirs.
Any more questions tonight ask me now, I'm crashing out soon :-)
--Pete
>
> What should I check to see if Maildir is working?
>
> I did
>
> % maildirmake $HOME/Maildir
> % echo ./Maildir/ > ~/.qmail
>
> as the Help recommends, and Maildir exists, but there is no mail in there...
> nor in /var/mail.
>
> The FAQ says nothing about this.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Martin,.
>
>
> On Wednesday 04 April 2001 02:17, you wrote:
> > Why do you want to put all the mail in /var/mail? The better solution in
> > qmail is to have the mail delivered to the user's home directory, and
> > better yet to have it delivered there in Maildir format.
> >
> > I dunno about OpenBSD, but Linux has an /etc/skel directory, and things
> > there are replicated into a new user's home directory when their account
> > is created. Make a maildir there, and you are done.
> >
> > A Maildir is a directory tree where each email is in one file. A Mabox is
> > ALL mail messages in one big, awkward file.
> >
> > --Pete
> >
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > I have recently replaced sendmail in an OpenBSD 2.8 box. Since Qmail is
> > > a package I did install it that way. Then I proceed to read the
> > > INSTALL.xxxx that I was supposed to.
> > >
> > > Apparently it's working perfectly. Local mail works using mail command
> > > line tool. From internet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] works also. I can send
> > > through my smtp two...
> > >
> > > Now the question is: I did configured qmail to use $user/Mailbox and
> > > created a symbolic link to /var/mail/user.
> > > Do I have to do this for each user on my system??? I'm planning to
> > > handle +100 pop users (i haven't configured pop nor checkpassword yet)
> > >
> > > Is there a better way to accomplish this??? I didn't create the users
> > > yet. Frankly I did not understand 100% what INSTALL.mailbox did mean, or
> > > what is the difference between maildir or mbox... I reread all FAQs but
> > > either I am stupid (probably) or I am missing something.
> > >
> > > A little hand will be appreciated if it helps me to understand what is
> > > the best way to accomplish this kind of task (that is having 100 users
> > > and not having to ln manually each mailbox)
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Martin Marconcini
> > >
> > > | Unix, MS-DOS, Windows.
> > > | Also known as The Good, The Bad
> > > | And the Ugly...
> > >
> > > --
>
