[Dovecot] Maildir + /var/mail
Hi, I have just switched to Maildir, and I have noticed something. Even though it works properly, I have noticed that a file named /var/mail/user with 0 bytes length is still created. Is this normal? I use sendmail+procmail+dovecot. I have also tried the combined procmail+deliver approach with the same results. I also use a global /etc/procmailrc. Thank you
Re: [Dovecot] Maildir + /var/mail
Greg Pearson wrote: I have just switched to Maildir, and I have noticed something. Even though it works properly, I have noticed that a file named /var/mail/user with 0 bytes length is still created. Is this normal? I use sendmail+procmail+dovecot. I have also tried the combined procmail+deliver approach with the same results. I also use a global /etc/procmailrc. I had a similar issue and I think it was a Procmail thing. It stopped being a problem for me anyway because I changed some config in my MTA (Exim4) for another reason which happened to mean that Procmail was no longer invoked in most cases. But I think it may be fixable in the Procmail space. What is in your /etc/procmailrc ? Bill
Re: [Dovecot] Maildir + /var/mail
It stopped being a problem for me anyway because I changed some config in my MTA (Exim4) for another reason which happened to mean that Procmail was no longer invoked in most cases. But I think it may be fixable in the Procmail space. What is in your /etc/procmailrc ? Quite simple at the moment. LOGFILE=/var/log/procmail.log DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/ MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir/ I also notice some permission issues, no matter if I use a global procmailrc or one in user's homedir. It complains not being able to write Dovecot's log file. In practice, I had to force the following permissions: 666 /var/log/dovecot.log 666 /var/log/procmail.log
