Re: Changing from POP3 server to IMAP server

From: Naveen Glore (freebsdsl1_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/01/03

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    Hello,
     
    Gary, thankyou for all the information. I will start working on setting up the mail server.
     
    Thanks,
    Naveen

    Gary <gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info> wrote:
    Hi Naveen,

    --On Tuesday, September 30, 2003 12:42:00 PM -0700 Naveen Glore
    wrote:

    > In mailserver I think the messages will be stored in var/mail/accountname
    > (correct me if i am wrong). I have very less disk space for /var. This
    > was not a concern with POP3 because messages get deleted from server. Now
    > with IMAP i think i need to do something for it. Is there a way to direct
    > mails to /usr. Does this message redirection create any problem in
    > configuring MUA?.

    If you set up qmail to use /Maildir/ format, mail is stored in each users
    home dir under his/hers Maildir, so it would be under /usr/home/whomever...
    even root, for security reasons is assigned or aliased to a user. A Maildir
    is made with the command maildirmake as that user, in his $HOME. You can
    put in a Maildir in skel and it will automatically make a Maildir for each
    new user. Inside each Maildir there are 3 dirs, new, cur, tmp.. This is
    automatically created with the maildirmake command. Don't worry, if you
    will use IMAP, any MUA that can use IMAP will read the dirs properly...
    Providing you use a IMAP client that supports Maildir, as mentioned,
    Bincimap or Courier. 

    -- 
Gary
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