Re: [exim] I'm flummoxed - why would mail get stuck in /var/…

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Author: Cliff Pratt
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] I'm flummoxed - why would mail get stuck in /var/lib/mail?
On 5/30/05, Steven Wayne <steven@???> wrote:
> On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 12:31:50PM +1200, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> >
> > Now all I've got to do is figure out how to get the mail out of the
> > mail format into maildir format...
> >
>
> If you mean have Exim deliver to a maildir then put:
>
> dc_localdelivery=maildir_home
>
> in /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf
>
> To move an mbox to maildir use mb2md:
>
> mb2md - Converting Mbox mailboxes to Maildir format
>

Yeah, I know. The problem was an accidental reversion of the above
that caused subsequent emails to write in mail format not Maildir
format. I'm not sure about mb2md. Will it clobber existing emails in
the pre-existing Maildir? Maybe I'll have to do some tests....

Cheers,

Cliff