Re: [Exim] Maildir

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: Ron McKeating
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Maildir
Ron McKeating [10/7/2003 3:31 PM] :
> Hi all I recently upgraded my server to exim 4.2 and Redhat 9.0. Now I
> cannot seem to get any mail delivered I get the error
>
> == ron@??? <Ron@???> R=localuser T=local_delivery
> defer (-4): mailbox /home/ron/Maildir is not a regular file
>
> but a quick look in the homedir for ron is
>
> drwx------    9 ron      ron          4096 Oct  7 10:16 Maildir


The key word is "file"

> local_delivery:
> driver = appendfile
> file = $home/Maildir


directory = /home/$local_part/Maildir/

* You forgot the trailing slash

* Maildirs are, as you will note, directories, not files

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