Oh yeah, what is in your .qmail file? It should contain
./Maildir/
--Pete
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Martin Marconcini wrote:
> 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?
>
> 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...
> > >
> > > --
>
