Re: [Nolug] postfix, Maildir and non-$HOME delivery

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 04:00, Joey Kelly wrote:
> 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

Since my and Heather's mail will be on this box, backing up the
email will be easier, since they're both under /data/mail.

Yes, it's overkill, but if I ever have to do this for someone
else, like a non-profit, I'll know it can be done.

> 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/.

Symlinking worked like a charm:
$ dir Maildir
lrwxrwxrwx 1 me me 21 Nov 4 01:55 Maildir -> /data/mail/me/Maildir/

I expect performance to be better, also..

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