RE: [Sheflug] mailbox format

["Gareth" <gareth [at] xxxxxxxx>]

> On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 20:03, Gareth wrote:
>> Okay... well, how do I get postfix to deliver to an mbox in my home
>> directory, rather than /var/spool/mail?
>
> Why would you want to do that?
>
> That would be giving the mail delivery agent permission to write to your
> home. Probably not a great idea. Given that /var/spool/mail is also the
> default location, you'll be confusing things which expect your mail
> spools to be in the standard location - this isn't a recipe for getting
> an imap daemon working.
>
>> How will IMAP work if its a single mbox file?
>
> Unless you're implementing an imap daemon, this surely doesn't concern
> you. If it does, you'll find the answer in the source code.
>
> You'll be wanting to tell us what imap daemon you're running if you have
> a problem with it. The first step in troubleshooting is probably to make
> sure it's running.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex.
>
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