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| author | Peter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org> | 2002-08-12 03:06:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org> | 2002-08-12 03:06:53 +0000 |
| commit | b2f60e82fbda37a4af217f55407a2cfd2c1e4ddc (patch) | |
| tree | 98df3cb6da11c4b4a5053bfc8041ffea443ad9a9 /README | |
| parent | 5bed60a2cba93a8e026f2fe065ed12338b47eb54 (diff) | |
Config option mailindir was renamed to mailin. You now can also point it to a mbox format mailbox now.
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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README,v 1.24 2002/08/10 01:36:47 weasel Exp $ +$Id: README,v 1.25 2002/08/12 03:06:53 weasel Exp $ ##################################################################### ## R E A D M E F O R E C H O L O T ########################### ##################################################################### @@ -81,27 +81,39 @@ o Make sure your MTA supports user defined mailboxes. so that postfix: add »recipient_delimiter = +« to main.cf. -o Mail should be delivered to /home/pinger/echolot/mail which must be a Maildir - mailbox, i.e there are 3 directories: /home/pinger/echolot/mail/tmp, - /home/pinger/echolot/mail/cur and /home/pinger/echolot/mail/new. Qmail, - postfix and procmail can do this. +o Echolot can read its incoming mail either from a mbox format mailbox or from + Maildir. The latter is preffered for technical reasons (Maildir is superiour + to mbox because it does not require any locking). - Example snipped for procmail: + The »mailin« config variable defines where mail is read from. It defaults to + »mail«. If it's a directory, Maildir is assumed, mbox format otherwise. - :0 - $HOME/echolot/mail/ + Mbox: + It's probably best to change the »mailin« config option to + »/var/spool/pinger« (or whatever it is on your system). + + Maildir (recommended): + Mail should be delivered to /home/pinger/echolot/mail which is a Maildir + mailbox, i.e there are 3 directories: /home/pinger/echolot/mail/tmp, + /home/pinger/echolot/mail/cur and /home/pinger/echolot/mail/new. Qmail, + postfix and procmail can do this. + + Example snipped for procmail: + + :0 + $HOME/echolot/mail/ - (the trailing slash is important!) + (the trailing slash is important!) - Example for qmail: + Example for qmail: - echo "./echolot/mail/" > .qmail; - touch .qmail-default + echo "./echolot/mail/" > .qmail; + touch .qmail-default - To use procmail with postfix set »mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail« - in main.cf. + To use procmail with postfix set »mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail« + in main.cf. o Run »./pingd --verbose start«. |