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Re: forcing Maildir

2001-09-27 23:38:49

Hello Philip,

So it means I can really use Procmail + UWimap + anymua for "Maildir"
type of inbox ?!! Ill just have to use $HOME/.mail/ during installation
of Procmail.

If this is true ..WOW...idont have to switch to Courier+Maildrop anymore!


That changes where procmail will, by default, deliver messages which are
processed by your .procmailrc file.  That's adequate for individual users
who choose to use a mailspool other than the system default.  However,
if the administrator wants to change the system default then they should
change the #defines and recompile procmail.  Why?  Changing the compiled
in default from /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME to $HOME/.mail/ will correct
certain 'anomalies':

a) Procmail will no longer try to create /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME as a
   zero-length file.
b) Procmail _will_ check the permissions and ownership of $HOME/.mail/
   and its new, tmp, and cur subdirectories, fixing them as needed.
c) DEFAULT will have the correct value during the processing of
   /etc/procmailrc and/or when the user specifies a different rcfile.


dwen

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