RE: [Sheflug] mailbox format

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

>> Okay... well, how do I get postfix to deliver to an mbox in my home
>> directory, rather than /var/spool/mail?
>
> 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

I read somewhere (I think it was a Postfix list) that /var/spool/mail is
outdated and old fashioned.

When I connect to the server using Outlook, or even SquirrelMail, I get a
set of files and folders in my home directory called...

/home/gareth/INBOX.drafts
/home/gareth/INBOX.sent
/home/gareth/INBOX.trash

But no '/home/gareth/INBOX' as I would have imagined. Is my inbox still in
/var/spool/mail/gareth?

> 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.

Its running. Well, it appears to be, and I can telnet to port 143.

Its imap-2001a-15, according to 'rpm -qa | grep imap'.


Gareth




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