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authorPeter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org>2002-08-12 03:06:53 +0000
committerPeter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org>2002-08-12 03:06:53 +0000
commitb2f60e82fbda37a4af217f55407a2cfd2c1e4ddc (patch)
tree98df3cb6da11c4b4a5053bfc8041ffea443ad9a9 /README
parent5bed60a2cba93a8e026f2fe065ed12338b47eb54 (diff)
Config option mailindir was renamed to mailin. You now can also point it to a mbox format mailbox now.
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-$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 $
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## R E A D M E F O R E C H O L O T ###########################
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@@ -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«.