Adding Maildir to /etc/skel is only good for users you'll be creating in
the future. For all existing users, you need to run
/var/qmail/bin/maildirmake in each of the $HOME directory.
> Helena Zhang wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I installed qmail version 1.03 on my Red Hat 6.0 machine, and it is
> working fine. I selected Maildir as the default delivery method. The
> manual told me to add the directoy Maildir/ in to /etc/skel and to all
> other users, and so I did. but when I telnet my port 110, the
> following error will appear:
>
> Trying 216.237.57.142...
> Connected to 216.237.57.142.
> escape character is '^]'.
> +OK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> user helena
> pass 123*
> -ERR this user has no $HOME/Maildir
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> * not the real password
>
> but the $HOME/Maildir/ directory is there. After that I removed the
> user and create it again, which worked. Now I want to do it to the
> user root, but I can't remove root and created one again. Can anyone
> help me with that?
>
> Regards,
>
> Helena Zhang
