> Debian's exim package default delivery mechanism is to deliver to
> /var/spool/mail/$local_part in mbox format. Courier-imap needs the files
> in Maildir format, so have a look at how to configure exim to deliver to
> Maildir format (docs at http://www.exim.org/). Last I checked, Maildir
> was compiled in to debian's exim package, but ymmv.
Yes, it is. I use courier-imap with debian and exim..
> Some exim options are compile-time options. Have a look in
> /usr/share/doc/exim and see what's compiled in -- the last time I
> looked, I don't think that smtp auth was compiled in, which would leave
> your options to either:
Which version of exim and which debian release? I am using woody (now
stable) and it has SMTP auth compiled in and I am using it.
> >Problem:
> >But then agian I cannot make exim deliver incoming mail to
> >/home/user/Maildir , in maildir-format (did maildirmake), by configurating
> >/etc/exim.conf
Post some sections of exim.conf on how exim delivers mail.