Trenton Adams wrote:
Hi everyone,
Might I suggest that the courier-imap package adds a directory of
/etc/skel/.maildir during install? That way any new users created
on the system would automatically have .maildir for use with
courier-imap. Otherwise, courier-imap complains, in
/var/log/mail.log, that the .maildir does not exist.
Is this the right list for suggesting things like this?
This is generally why most systems send a new users a welcome email
which forces the MTA to create the .maildir/. Courier-imap can add it to
/etc/skel/ however this may make troubleshooting more complicated if you
do something odd like using mbox in your MTA and decide to install
Courier. You might confuse some applications, but generally it doesn't
seem like a bad idea.
It might make things complicated when you switch to a virtual system
and your users don't get automatic maildirs anymore. I'd lean towards
leaving .maildir/ out of /etc/skel/ in this case so that behavior is
consistent in all installs.
In any case I'd do some more thinking about it and request the
enhancement through bugzilla with your well thought out arguements that
consider more than just a simple system.
kashani
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