Re: [Nolug] postfix, Maildir and non-$HOME delivery from Joey Kelly on 2003-11-03 (nolugarchives)

From: Joey Kelly <joey_at_joeykelly.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 05:00:31 -0500
Message-Id: <200311031506.hA3F6w401736@vkh.joeykelly.net>

Thou spake:
>Hi,
>
>postfix 2.0.16-2
>courier-imap 1.7.3-10
>
>Currently, postfix drops mail into $HOME/Maildir, because of this
>standard entry in /etc/postfix/main.cf
> home_mailbox = Maildir/
>
>However, I'd rather it go in /var/mail/$HOME/Maildir, since it
>will be on a ReiserFS partition.
>
>Is there any way to do this?

I don't know about putting the Maildir in var; however, unless you've got
several hundred users, Maildir is going to be less efficient than mbox format
(which would be in /var/mail/$user), speed-wise.

That said, there's nothing stopping you from symlinking to /var/mail/.

Good luck :-)

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Computer Networking Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net
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