Re: OpenBSD's MUA
Alex Le Fevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! I'm setting up a fresh install of qmail on my new > OpenBSD 2.8 (i386) box. I'd like to use maildir, but > I'm not sure if I can. Specifically, the documentation > said that some system MUAs don't support Maildir; > since I don't even know what an MUA is, I can't tell > if my OS supports it. MUA = Mail User Agent; i.e. the program you use to read mail. Mutt supports it. Patched versions of Pine support it. I think gnus supports it. There's others as well. > For a bit more info, I tried setting it up anyway, and > my test message generated this into syslog: [...] > Jan 18 12:21:48 www qmail: 979838508.954941 new msg > 437780 > Jan 18 12:21:48 www qmail: 979838508.956063 info msg > 437780: bytes 214 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp > 23559 uid 0 > Jan 18 12:21:49 www qmail: 979838509.119537 starting > delivery 1: msg 437780 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jan 18 12:21:49 www qmail: 979838509.121945 status: > local 1/10 remote 0/20 > Jan 18 12:21:49 www qmail: 979838509.343842 delivery > 1: deferral: Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1)/ > > Is the OS' MUA my problem, or is it something else? > /home/alex/.qmail and /home/alex/.qmail-alex both > exist, containing simply ./Maildir/. > /home/alex/Maildir also exists. What is the output of `ls -ld / /home /home/alex /home/alex/Maildir /home/alex/Maildir/*` ? The Maildir should be owned by alex, mode 0700, and contain three subdirectories named "new", "cur", and "tmp", with similar ownership and permissions. The program "maildirmake" that comes with qmail sets this up properly. Charles -- --- Charles Cazabon<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/ Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. ---
Re: OpenBSD's MUA
An MUA is simply a Mail Users Agent. For example Eudora, Netscape, Outlook, Mutt, Mail, Incredimail are all MUA's Regards, Travis ---Original Message--- From: Alex Le Fevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, January 18, 2001 02:52:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OpenBSD's MUA Hi! I'm setting up a fresh install of qmail on my newOpenBSD 2.8 (i386) box. I'd like to use maildir, butI'm not sure if I can. Specifically, the documentationsaid that some system MUAs don't support Maildir;since I don't even know what an MUA is, I can't tellif my OS supports it.For a bit more info, I tried setting it up anyway, andmy test message generated this into syslog:Jan 18 12:18:42 www qmail: 979838322.185348 status:local 0/10 remote 0/20Jan 18 12:21:48 www qmail: 979838508.954941 new msg437780Jan 18 12:21:48 www qmail: 979838508.956063 info msg437780: bytes 214 from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp23559 uid 0Jan 18 12:21:49 www qmail: 979838509.119537 startingdelivery 1: msg 437780 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED]Jan 18 12:21:49 www qmail: 979838509.121945 status:local 1/10 remote 0/20Jan 18 12:21:49 www qmail: 979838509.343842 delivery1: deferral: Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1)/Jan 18 12:21:49 www qmail: 979838509.344644 status:local 0/10 remote 0/20Jan 18 12:23:30 www qmail: 979838610.456917 startingdelivery 2: msg 437780 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED]Jan 18 12:23:30 www qmail: 979838610.459090 status:local 1/10 remote 0/20Jan 18 12:23:30 www qmail: 979838610.774385 delivery2: deferral: Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1)/Jan 18 12:23:30 www qmail: 979838610.775182 status:local 0/10 remote 0/20Jan 18 12:28:30 www qmail: 979838910.864740 startingdelivery 3: msg 437780 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED]Jan 18 12:28:30 www qmail: 979838910.865738 status:local 1/10 remote 0/20Jan 18 12:28:31 www qmail: 979838911.170234 delivery3: deferral: Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1)/Jan 18 12:28:31 www qmail: 979838911.171015 status:local 0/10 remote 0/20Is the OS' MUA my problem, or is it something else?/home/alex/.qmail and /home/alex/.qmail-alex bothexist, containing simply ./Maildir/./home/alex/Maildir also exists.Thanks for your help.Alex Le Fevre__Do You Yahoo!?Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here
Re: OpenBSD's MUA
Alex Le Fevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > since I don't even know what an MUA is, I can't tell > if my OS supports it. "Mail user agent". I.e., the program you use to read your mail. It's not especially closely related to your OS. Two MUAs I know of that support maildirs are Mutt and Gnus. > Jan 18 12:21:49 www qmail: 979838509.343842 delivery 1: deferral: >Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1)/ ... > /home/alex/.qmail and /home/alex/.qmail-alex both > exist, containing simply ./Maildir/. > /home/alex/Maildir also exists. Did you create your Maildir with maildirmake? Is it owned by the same UID that appears in /var/qmail/users/assign or /etc/passwd for "alex"? What are the permissions? paul
